All the headlines from our Ridesharing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 14 2015 // The ridesharing company Uber says it will soon begin operating in Birmingham, Ala., after city officials approved new regulations.Multiple media outlets report that city council members voted 7-1 on Dec. 8 to approve the...
Dec 14 2015 // The Oregon Supreme Court ruled last week that a Portland taxicab company must pay unemployment insurance taxes for certain drivers because they were improperly classified as independent contractors.The case comes amid...
Dec 11 2015 // State legislators in Ohio and Florida are moving ahead with regulations governing Uber and other ride services that would designate all drivers as independent contractors, bolstering a critical but much-disputed aspect of...
Dec 10 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. drivers seeking to be treated as employees won a ruling that could add tens of thousands of them to the case and put hundreds of millions dollars more at stake.The drivers can now seek expense...
Dec 10 2015 // Judges and juries around the country are being asked to decide whether Uber and Lyft drivers and other participants in the “gig economy” are really independent contractors or just employees in disguise. But...
Dec 9 2015 // Travelers to and from Las Vegas can now take an Uber to and from McCarran International Airport as the company has reached an agreement with the airport.The Las Vegas Sun reported that the airport’s Uber ban was...
Dec 8 2015 // Ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft should continue to operating in Portland, Ore. after the City Council approved a new set of rules to govern taxis.The Oregonian reported that the council voted last week to allow...
Dec 8 2015 // Jackson has taken a step toward regulating ride-hailing services such as Uber after the Rules Committee of the Jackson City Council voted to send a suggested ordinance to the full council.The suggested regulations include...
Dec 7 2015 // Uber plans to bring ridesharing to either side of Lake Tahoe before the end of the year.A recent agreement with Nevada allowed the company to launch simultaneously on the California and Nevada sides of Lake Tahoe, the Reno...
Dec 6 2015 // Florida’s job agency has ruled that drivers for Uber and other app companies connecting passengers with rides are not entitled employed benefits due to laid off workers. The Orlando Sentinel reports the Florida...
Dec 4 2015 // A St. Louis judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the ride-hailing service Lyft.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a judge also lifted an injunction that barred Lyft from operating in St. Louis and St. Louis County....
Dec 3 2015 // Ridesharing companies in Las Vegas, Nev. such as Uber and Lyft won’t have to hand over lists of their drivers to Clark County commissioners after all.Commissioners voted this week to approve its business licensing...
Dec 1 2015 // The mayor of Miami-Dade County, Florida, wants to waive about half of the fines Uber currently owes the county.The Miami Herald reports Mayor Carlos Gimenez is pressing commissioners to take up his proposal to legalize the...
Nov 24 2015 // The Florida ridesharing lawsuit filed by two taxi companies and an individual against the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FDHSMV) is getting more contentious by the day.Two motions have been filed...
Nov 24 2015 // Clark County, Nev. commissioners plan to reconsider a controversial ordinance requiring companies such as Uber and Lyft to hand over a list of their drivers every month.Commissioner Steve Sisolak requested Wednesday that...
Nov 24 2015 // Fifty seven and a half cents for every mile logged.That’s the latest demand from Uber Technologies Inc. drivers in California suing to be treated like employees. Whether the drivers can pursue pay for mileage on...
Nov 23 2015 // In the home of the Pilgrims, lawmakers have gone home ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The Massachusetts Legislature has adjourned for 2015, having failed to move on any of four bills introduced this year that proposed...
Nov 23 2015 // Two Rhode Island taxi companies seeking to stop ride-hailing company Uber from operating in Rhode Island have agreed to delay the case until after the legislative session.Orange Cab of Newport and Airport Taxi of Warwick...
Nov 20 2015 // A U.S. appeals court this week denied ride service Uber’s request to immediately appeal an order approving class certification in a lawsuit filed by drivers who wish to be deemed employees.The ruling, from the 9th...
Nov 20 2015 // Republican state Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson is calling for an investigation into whether Clark County’s new fees for Uber and Lyft drivers are legal.Roberson issued a strongly worded statement this week,...