Category: ridehailing

Massachusetts sues Uber and Lyft for identifying drivers as contractors

Post author By Randall
Post date July 14, 2020
Categories In business, employment, employment status, gear, gig economy, gigeconomy, independent contractor, lawsuit, Lyft, massachusetts, News, ridehailing, ridesharing, Tech, Uber

[ad_1] ANNOUNCING: We are suing @Uber and @Lyft for misclassifying their drivers. Billion-dollar businesses don’t get to pick and choose which laws they follow. Tune in for our live press conference at 11AM here: https://t.co/ONVUH6HNBr pic.twitter.com/Xlm7tv82Yn — Maura Healey (@MassAGO) July 14, 2020 Healey’s office argues that the companies don’t meet a three-part test under […]

Senator urges Uber and Lyft to run fingerprint background checks

Post author By Randall
Post date November 8, 2019
Categories In background check, backgroundcheck, fingerprint, gear, Lyft, Politics, ridehailing, ridesharing, Safety, Tech, Transportation, Uber

[ad_1] “They have a real responsibility for taking every possible step to do background checks that are reliable and comprehensive,” he told the Washington Post. He said both companies had “ambiguous” responses to questions he sent them about ridesharing safety measures. He sought more details following reports about Uber’s investigations team allegedly being told to […]

Via shares its ride-pooling technology with NYC public schools

Post author By Randall
Post date August 21, 2019
Categories In car pool, ridehailing, ridesharing, school buses, Tech, tomorrow, Transportation, via

[ad_1] Via is currently working on an app that will be exclusively used by NYC public schools. The app distributes mobile tickets to riders, which they can scan in order to access the bus. A spokesperson from Via said rollout of the app will be phased out during the coming school year. Many “Uber for […]

Uber has a solution for chatty drivers

Post author By Randall
Post date May 14, 2019
Categories In gear, ride hailing, ridehailing, services, Tech, Transportation, Uber, uber black, uber black suv, uberblack, uberblacksuv

[ad_1] It’s one of several new preference options in the app. On the other hand, if you’d like a little conversation during your trip, you can let your driver know in advance you’re down to chat. You’ll also be able to request some help with your bags, your preferred temperature setting and a longer pickup […]

Uber and Lyft stop accepting new drivers in NYC

Post author By Randall
Post date April 29, 2019
Categories In Entertainment, Lyft, ridehailing, ridesharing, Tech, tomorrow, Transportation, Uber

[ad_1] In a notice on its website, Uber attributed its hiring freeze to new regulations by the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC), the governing body that regulates rideshare and taxi industry in New York City. As a result of the new TLC regulations passed in December 2018, rideshare companies in NYC are now penalized for […]

Sony becomes Uber’s newest rival in Japan

Post author By Randall
Post date April 16, 2019
Categories In gear, Internet, Mobile, ridehailing, s.ride, Sony, Tech, Transportation

[ad_1] Sony’s app only works in Tokyo at this time, but its partners have a combined fleet of over 10,000 cabs operating in the sprawling metropolis. JapanTaxi, one of the most popular taxi-hailing apps in Japan, has access to 60,000 cabs, but that number’s for all over the country and not just Tokyo. The “S” […]