Female Customers Sue Lyft Alleging Sexual Assaults by Drivers August 13, 2019 By Robert Burnson Lyft Inc.’s image as the “woke” ride-hailing company faces a new challenge from a rash of lawsuits filed by women...
Ridehailing Blamed for Rise in Traffic Congestion, Deaths July 9, 2019 Blame Uber. While the era of app-based ridehailing services, such as Uber and Lyft, has been credited with everything from...
Motorbike Taxi Firms to Offer E-payment, Insurance Services in West Africa June 12, 2019 By Alexis Akwagyiram Motorcycle taxi companies are expanding in West Africa with backing from investors betting that the meteoric rise of two-wheeled taxi...
Rideshare Firms Eye New Safety Measures for Riders, Drivers September 10, 2018 By Eric Newcomer and Julie Verhage If you sit in an Uber car for too long, the ride-hailing company plans to check up on you to...
Pittsburgh Sees Hands-On Restart of Uber’s Self-Driving Cars July 27, 2018 Uber has taken the first step toward relaunching its self-driving cars on Pittsburgh-area streets four months after a fatal accident...
Rivals Uber, Waymo in Talks About Driverless Ride Hailing Partnership May 31, 2018 By David Ingram Uber Technologies Inc. is talking with Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit Waymo about using its technology on Uber’s ride-hailing app,...
Ride-Hail Firm Lyft Enters Race to Manufacture Autonomous Cars July 24, 2017 By Eric Newcomer Ride-hailing provider Lyft Inc., emboldened by public stumbles by larger rival Uber Technologies Inc., is taking the leap into developing...
Austin Riders Look to Craigslist after Exit of Uber and Lyft May 19, 2016 By Elizabeth Findell After a car wreck last year put Akhila Sivakumar in the hospital for more than a month and left her...
Connecticut Cab Companies Drop Lawsuit Against Uber April 14, 2016 More than a dozen taxi and limousine companies in Connecticut have dropped their federal lawsuit accusing ride-hailing company Uber of...
‘Cool’ Austin Icy Toward Uber, Airbnb, Bristling Tech Sector March 9, 2016 Austin, Texas, boasts a reputation as one of most cutting-edge cities in the U.S, but new local regulations on ride-hailing...