All the headlines from our Ridesharing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 19 2015 // Lyft drivers have a new ridesharing insurance option covering all three ridesharing periods. Those changes came to light earlier this month with the introduction of a new product, approved by Insurance Commissioner Dave...
Oct 16 2015 // It’s scorching on the streets of Midtown Manhattan as Afonso Oliveira strides around the lunch-break crowds, unbent beneath his 45-pound, $350 industrial backpack. He is carrying everything that might be needed to...
Oct 12 2015 // Lyft drivers have a new ridesharing insurance option covering all three ridesharing periods and offering liability coverage with the option to add additional coverages.Those changes came to light on Monday with the...
Oct 12 2015 // Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio vowed to cap the number of regulations government can impose on businesses, particularly “on-demand” startups like Uber and Airbnb that he considers models for a...
Oct 7 2015 // A San Francisco-based rideshare service is investing more than $5 million to locate its new operations in Nashville and create 380 jobs in Davidson County.Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development...
Oct 5 2015 // The New York City-based Montauk Credit Union, a large provider of loans to taxi medallion owners, was seized on Sept. 18 by New York State’s top financial regulator.The New York State Department of Financial Services...
Oct 5 2015 // GEICO announced on Sept. 15 that the company is expanding its ridesharing insurance product offering to drivers in Connecticut. GEICO said its product delivers end-to-end coverage for personal and ridesharing...
Sep 30 2015 // The Ohio Senate is considering a bill that would create one set of statewide regulations for ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft.The lawmakers’ work comes as Uber plans to expand its Ohio workforce by adding...
Sep 30 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. faces curbs on its expansion in the U.K. after London Mayor Boris Johnson’s transport regulator proposed that drivers of private-hire minicabs should face English-language and navigational...
Sep 24 2015 // Broward Count, Florida officials have had to delay a vote on the approval of ridesharing services such as Uber because a commission has not finished discussing amendments to the proposed rules.The Palm Beach Post reports...
Sep 23 2015 // Drivers with Uber and Lyft are already racking up citations after a week of doing business in Las Vegas.McCarran International Airport spokesman Chris Jones confirmed authorities cited 87 drivers as of last week for not...
Sep 22 2015 // An Uber Technologies Inc. company accused the St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission in a lawsuit of functioning as a cartel with cab companies to ban its ride-sharing service in what it says is the largest U.S. city...
Sep 21 2015 // A former Uber Technologies Inc. driver defeated the company’s bid to force her into arbitration, a second victory after California’s labor commissioner said she should have been considered an employee.A San...
Sep 21 2015 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker says he hopes disagreements over how to regulate ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft won’t keep lawmakers from passing a bill soon.A legislative committee reviewed several...
Sep 21 2015 // Montauk Credit Union, a large provider of loans to taxi medallion owners, was seized on Friday by New York State’s top financial regulator.The New York State Department of Financial Services said the seizure was...
Sep 21 2015 // The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a blog post with new guidance on classifying workers as employees or independent contractors under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA), an issue that has attracted renewed...
Sep 21 2015 // A California Labor Commission ruling in June that an Uber driver is an employee and not a contractor opens the door to more scrutiny over the rideshare giant’s business model, but that was just the proverbial tip of...
Sep 18 2015 // Florida taxi companies may finally get the answer they are looking for from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FDHSMV) regarding minimum insurance requirements for transportation network companies...
Sep 18 2015 // The tension between traditional taxis drivers and those who drive for services like Uber and Lyft was on display Tuesday as Massachusetts lawmakers grappled with proposals to regulate the popular but largely unfettered...
Sep 17 2015 // The solution to reducing carbon emissions may be just around the corner.Car sharing can reduce gas consumption and could ultimately help in the battle to curb climate change, according to a Natural Resources Defense...