All the headlines from our Ridesharing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 24 2018 // Uber has shut down its self-driving car operation in Arizona two months after a fatal crash involving one of its vehicles, the company said on Wednesday.Uber Technologies Inc is not shuttering its entire autonomous vehicle...
May 24 2018 // Uber plans to offer all its European drivers an upgraded version of the health insurance it already provides in France in a drive to attract independent workers and fend off criticism over their treatment.The San...
May 22 2018 // A former software engineer at Uber Technologies Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the ridesharing service, claiming she was subjected to years of sexual harassment there and subjected to retaliation for complaining about...
May 21 2018 // A U.S. appeals court has revived a leading business group’s challenge to a Seattle law, the first of its kind, that would allow drivers for ridesharing services such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft to unionize.The...
May 17 2018 // The death of a pedestrian who was struck by an autonomous vehicle in Tempe, Arizona, has brought fresh scrutiny to the accelerating development of self-driving cars. The accident on March 18 is bound to be studied...
May 15 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. said on Tuesday sexual harassment or assault victims will have the option to settle claims with the ride-hailing service without a confidentiality provision that prevents them from speaking about the...
May 14 2018 // A U.S. appeals court has revived a leading business group’s challenge to a Seattle law, the first of its kind, that would allow drivers for ride-hailing services such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft to...
May 14 2018 // Massachusetts regulators are investigating whether ride-hailing company Uber violated state law by increasing prices during a powerful storm in March.The Boston Herald reports that the Department of Public Utilities, which...
May 10 2018 // Ridesharing service Lyft Inc. and courier service Postmates Inc. are among the first companies to be sued for improperly treating workers in California as independent contractors following a recent decision that makes it...
May 10 2018 // Louisiana state lawmakers again have spurned efforts to enact statewide regulations governing ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft.Facing pushback from senators, House Speaker Taylor Barras pulled House Bill 749...
May 9 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. on Monday said it has retained a former top U.S. transportation official to advise it on safety after a fatal self-driving crash in March, but it declined to comment on a technology website’s...
May 2 2018 // A series of high-profile accidents involving self-driving cars are slowing the mad rush into the autonomous vehicles business, according to a report issued Wednesday.The accidents, some of them fatal, have ignited a debate...
Apr 13 2018 // A U.S. judge in Philadelphia has ruled that limousine drivers for Uber Technologies Inc. are independent contractors and not the company’s employees under federal law, the first ruling of its kind on a crucial issue...
Apr 10 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s $10 million settlement with women engineers who complained they were underpaid compared with men would also rid the ride-hailing giant of liability for potentially hundreds of sexual...
Apr 6 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. is trying to fend off a lawsuit by a woman who claims she was seriously injured after her driver ordered her out of the car in the middle of a California freeway.The ridesharing company is asking a...
Apr 4 2018 // Autonomous cars should be required to meet standards on their ability to detect potential hazards and better ways are needed to keep their human drivers ready to assume control, U.S. auto safety and technology experts said...
Apr 2 2018 // Autonomous Caution“Unlike Arizona, California has taken a safety driven approach when developing autonomous vehicle regulations.” — Jim Frazier, a California Assemblyman, urged caution in his state...
Apr 1 2018 // More family members of a woman killed by an Uber Technologies Inc. self-driving vehicle have hired legal counsel, indicating the ride services firm’s legal problems may not be over in the first fatality caused by an...
Mar 29 2018 // The family of the woman killed by an Uber Technologies Inc. self-driving vehicle in Arizona has reached a settlement with the ride services company, ending a potential legal battle over the first fatality caused by an...
Mar 29 2018 // The way autonomous vehicles are currently being programmed may not be safe because the programs are copying humans, according to a computer professor in the state where the first pedestrian fatality occurred n a collision...