Taxi

August 20August 20
Uber and Lyft Services Safe For Now, Judge Grants Emergency Stay
- Local
Ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft are safe from services halting in California, at least for now. The companies have been granted a temporary reprieve delaying and order that would have forced them to reclassify drivers. On one end of the spectrum, Lyft and Uber drivers sharing their frustration, on the other end, taxi drivers tell […]

Nico Payne
January 29January 29
Uber is retooling its app for California drivers. Lyft isn’t
- Entertainment
In response to a new California law went that took effect at the start of this year and has the potential to upend numerous on-demand companies, Uber has pushed out changes for drivers in the state that would once have been unthinkable: capping service fees that go to Uber, boosting fare transparency and even testing the ability […]
September 11September 11
Uber claims new California law still won’t force it to classify drivers as employees
- Community
A top Uber executive attempted to defuse concerns about a potential existential threat to its business shortly after lawmakers in California approved a new bill that will make it more difficult for employers in the state to classify workers as independent contractors. Tony West, Uber’s chief legal officer, said Wednesday that the company believed a […]
May 29May 29
Uber will start banning riders with low ratings
- Entertainment
Uber said Wednesday that it will start banning riders with low ratings, a significant change to the company’s previous policies. The ride-sharing giant said that riders who have “significantly below average” ratings may lose access to Uber if they don’t heed the company’s advice on how to bring up their scores. The company did not […]
April 18April 18
Uber Unveils New Safety Measures in Wake of College Student’s Murder
- Entertainment
Uber is rolling out new features it says will keep riders safe, and it unveiled the changes exclusively on TODAY Thursday. Tony West, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary at Uber, told NBC News’ Stephanie Gosk that the Uber app will now prominently display in-app safety notifications and will push out an […]
April 05April 05
Washington state man accused of posing as Uber driver, raping Seattle woman
- Entertainment
A Washington state man accused of posing as a ride-sharing driver and raping a woman he picked up outside a Seattle bar in December was arrested this week. The woman told police that on Dec. 16 her friend called an Uber for her and the suspect “led her to believe that he was her Uber […]
March 25March 25
Ride-Share Drivers Launch 25-hour Strike
- Entertainment
Ride-sharing drivers in Southern California are staging a 25-hour strike Monday over pay cuts implemented by Uber. “These changes will make rates comparable to where they were in September, while giving drivers more control over how they earn by allowing them to build a model that fits their schedule best,” Uber said in a statement. […]
January 24January 24
‘We’re Gonna Die’: Uber Passenger Tries to Take the Wheel on 8-Lane Freeway
- Entertainment
An Uber driver says he thought he was on his final ride after picking up a passenger who started lunging for the wheel and whispering “We’re gonna die,” as they sped down an eight-lane freeway this weekend. The terrifying incident was captured on video. Driver Dax Castro said on Instagram that he picked up the passenger from […]

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