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Uber price warning - Why your taxi home could end up costing a lot more than you think ExpressUber has become hugely successful over the past few years with recent stats suggesting the app now has over 100 million customers. This popular *service* ... View the full article

Ideas abound for flex in London's new flex street The London Free PressWith London's downtown flex street roughly half completed, the question for the new year is how to use it. View the full article

Hot Properties Heating Up Big Cities This Winter ForbesIt's officially winter. Time to warm up with some hot properties in three of the world's great (and chilly) cities—New York, London and Seattle. The Tulip (London). View the full article

Uber Loses Exemption To The London Congestion Cost InfosurhoyMore bad news for Uber — or its 'partner-drivers', more realistically — its vehicles will no longer be exempt from the London Congestion Charge as of April. View the full article

The impact homelessness and the opioid crisis are having on San Francisco streets CNNPublic drug usage and homelessness are not new problems for the city of San Francisco, home to Uber, Twitter and Salesforce. But residents say the situation ... View the full article

Lyft plots Uber challenge with rival to Express Pool service Telegraph.co.ukLyft is plotting to squeeze its arch rival Uber by launching a competitor to its cheapest *service*, as the two ride-hailing giants gear up to go public next year. View the full article

LTC mulls bus and taxi service to industrial areas, but who's going to pay? The London Free PressIt's a two-pronged solution to a persistent transportation problem in London, but politicians and transit operators haven't yet figured out who will foot the bill. View the full article

Uber seeks to shed troubled past in pre-IPO peacemaking bonanza San Francisco ChronicleUber's quiet resolution last week of allegations that it put thousands of women at risk of sexual assault by their drivers is just the latest move by the ride-hailing ... View the full article

How electric scooters infiltrated society in 2018 VentureBeat2018 saw a marked evolution in the personal mobility realm, with more form factors, integrations, and investment. E-scooters, in particular, were huge. View the full article

Uber economy: Look beyond formal and informal jobs, say experts Business TodayThere is a strong need to redefine new forms of jobs outside the binaries of formal and informal, says Shahana Chattaraj, Visiting Fellow at Centre for Policy ... View the full article

Uber is three strikes but not out in London The Global Legal PostTaxi company Uber has lost its third case in three years as the Court of Appeal criticises its 'complex and artificial' employment contractual arrangements but it ... View the full article

Uber is getting away with breaking the law. Why doesn't the state intervene? The GuardianWithout increased inspection and penalties, there's no incentive for gig economy firms to treat employees properly. View the full article

Uber resumes autonomous vehicle tests in Pittsburgh The London Free PressPITTSBURGH — Uber is resuming autonomous vehicle tests in an area near downtown Pittsburgh.The restart Thursday comes just over nine months after one ... View the full article

CoA criticises Uber's 'complex and artificial' employment contracts Law GazetteMultinational taxi firm Uber has lost its latest bid to clarify the legal status of its drivers, as the Court of Appeal critcised its 'complex and artificial' employment ... View the full article

Uber Loses Exemption To The London Congestion Charge Gizmodo UKMore bad news for Uber -- or its 'partner-drivers', more realistically -- its vehicles will no longer be exempt from the London Congestion Charge as of April. View the full article

Uber drivers entitled to workers' rights FT AdviserUber drivers are entitled to workers rights which means they should be paid holidays a minimum wage and be auto enrolled in a pension scheme the Court of ... View the full article

How it all fell apart for Peter Stefanovic News MailHe was once Nine's golden boy and their most recognisable foreign correspondent. Now, Peter Stefanovic has left amid reports he was about to be fired. View the full article

Uber taking fight against giving drivers workers' rights to Supreme Court Metro.co.ukUber is taking its legal battle over the status of its drivers to the UK's highest court after losing at the Court of Appeal. By a majority of two to... View the full article

Uber Loses Exemption To The London Congestion Charge Gizmodo UKMore bad news for Uber -- or its 'partner-drivers', more realistically -- its vehicles will no longer be exempt from the London Congestion Charge as of April. View the full article

Uber driver who attacked police with machete outside Buckingham Palace cleared of terror charge MetroAn Uber driver has been found not guilty of a terror charge after attacking police officers with a 42in Lord of the Rings-style sword outside Buckingham Palace. View the full article

UK – Court of Appeals finds Uber drivers are employees Staffing Industry AnalystsUber drivers in London are employees of the company, not independent contractors, according to a ruling on Thursday by the Court of Appeals. View the full article

Man who attacked police with Lord of Rings sword outside Buckingham Palace found not guilty of terrorism The IndependentAn Uber driver has been cleared of terrorism after allegedly attacking police officers with a Lord of the Rings-style sword outside Buckingham Palace. View the full article

We took Uber to court and won – but it never should have been our fight The IndependentThere is a soul-shattering callousness to some of Uber's recruitment advertising. It promises precarious workers a future of freedom, self-determination and ... View the full article

london uber STL.NewsPosts about london uber written by Tazeem Anjum. View the full article

Uber loses appeal against drivers' work status Evening StandardMinicab app Uber has lost an appeal over a landmark ruling that their drivers are workers and not self-employed. The ride-hailing firm had attempted to overturn ... View the full article