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Lyft Says Plans to Pull out of New Mexico over Rules
May 8 2015 // Ridesharing service Lyft says it’s suspending operations in New Mexico after state regulators passed new requirements that the company called “onerous.” The San Francisco-based firm set a May 14 deadline...
RIMS Report: Uber Touts Ridesharing Insurance Solution
May 4 2015 // In the rapid rollout of mobile app-based ridesharing services that compete with traditional taxicabs and other urban transportation, taxi businesses have bristled over the higher insurance costs they must bear compared to...
New Mexico AG Says Uber, Lyft Drivers Need Drug Testing
May 1 2015 // Drivers of ridesharing services Lyft and Uber in New Mexico should face strict drug testing requirements like taxi drivers and keep detailed records of such tests, the state Attorney General Hector Balderas told regulators...
Mass. Gov. Baker Calls for New State Regs on Ride-Hailing Companies
Apr 27 2015 // Drivers for ride-hailing services such as Uber or Lyft would be required to undergo state criminal background checks, and the companies would be required to carry at least $1 million in liability insurance for each ride,...
Uber, Lyft Balk at Fingerprinting Georgia Drivers
Apr 27 2015 // Popular ride-hailing firms like Uber and Lyft are fighting lawsuits in Atlanta and other cities from cab drivers, taxi and limousine companies claiming the techno upstarts are siphoning off passengers and profits by...
How the Age of Autonomous Vehicles Will Evolve
Apr 24 2015 // Vehicles with varying levels of self-driving capability will start to become available to consumers as early as this summer and it could then take 20 years for them to be the norm, according to a new report. The pace will...
New Jersey Grapples With How, Whether to Regulate Uber, Lyft
Apr 20 2015 // Ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft could be driven out of New Jersey if a bill lawmakers are considering becomes law. That’s at least what the transportation network companies faced with potential new...
Video Ads Next Big Thing in Ridesharing?
Apr 14 2015 // James Bellefeuille is an Uber driver for a living, though he admits that what he earns is not much to live on. Yet in the new sharing economy, there’s hope for people like Bellefeuille who can bring some innovation...
Texas Takes Up Comprehensive Ridesharing Bill
Apr 10 2015 // Ridesharing giants Lyft and Uber left San Antonio in their rearview mirror after the nation’s seventh largest city restricted their operations, instead shifting their focus — and money — on convincing Texas...
Business Travelers Driving Uber Growth
Apr 9 2015 // Business travelers are bypassing the taxi queue with greater frequency, choosing instead ride-hailing services like Uber Technologies. A new report by expense management system provider Certify shows that 47 percent of the...
Taxi Group’s New Lawsuit Targets New York’s Uber Policy
Apr 1 2015 // A group of taxi companies sued New York claiming the city is wrongfully allowing Uber Technologies Inc. customers to hail rides with an app. Current law permits only yellow taxis with valid medallions to accept hails,...
Uber, Cab Companies Face Off Over Nevada Ridesharing Bill
Apr 1 2015 // Passions ran high this week over a bill that would create Nevada regulations specific to ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft, a prospect that cab and limo services criticize as a double standard that would put...
Georgia Senate Committee Approves Ridesharing Bill
Mar 24 2015 // A bill that would give Uber and other ride-sharing services clear sailing to keep operating in Georgia on passed the state Senate’s powerful Science and Technology Committee late last week. The bill by Republican...
Consumer Advocate: Florida Rideshare Proposal ‘Hell-on-Wheels’
Mar 23 2015 // The Consumer Federation of the Southeast (CFSE) has warned that consumers will be at significant risk if Florida legislators allow transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft to follow different consumer protection...
Yellow Taxis Now Outnumbered by Uber Cars on NYC Streets
Mar 20 2015 // New York City’s storied yellow cabs are taking a back seat to black cars. Uber cars, often black sedans that can be summoned with smartphone apps, now outnumber the yellow taxis that city riders have hailed with a...
Uber Ads Lie About Superior Safety California, Cabbies Say
Mar 19 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. was sued by more than a dozen California cab companies over claims it falsely advertises its rideshare service promotes as safer than taxis. Uber misleads customers about the background checks it...
Yellow Cab in Nevada Says Disabilities Suit Has it in Bad Spot
Mar 17 2015 // Yellow Cab Co. of Reno may have to file for bankruptcy if it’s ordered to pay excessive attorney fees after a federal judge found it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by denying service to a disabled woman...
Atlas Financial Closes Acquisition of Global Liberty in New York
Mar 16 2015 // Atlas Financial Holdings Inc. in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, announced last week it has closed the acquisition of Global Liberty Insurance Company of New York along with its affiliated underwriting and premium finance...
‘Big Taxi’ Wages War Against Uber to Be More Like Uber
Mar 12 2015 // David Sutton is looking for the worst possible news about Uber Technologies. An accident in San Francisco, an assault in Boston: Such bad tidings for Uber are ammunition for Sutton, a 48-year-old publicist. “Uber is...
Consumer Advocate to Florida Lawmakers: Ridesharing Proposal ‘Hell-on-Wheels’
Mar 10 2015 // The Consumer Federation of the Southeast (CFSE) has warned that consumers will be at significant risk if Florida legislators allow transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft to follow different consumer protection...
