All the headlines from our Ridesharing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 12 2014 // Companies that allow drivers to use personal vehicles to transport riders in New Jersey would have to get a state permit and meet safety requirements under state legislation that’s been advanced by a New Jersey...
Dec 12 2014 // The Dallas City Council has updated transportation regulations so ridesharing companies such as Lyft and Uber must have insurance. Council members on Dec. 10 approved changes to an ordinance that already covers taxicabs...
Dec 12 2014 // The online taxi business Uber, a company worth billions, is contesting a $2,000 fine issued by Eugene, Ore., which says Uber should get a license. The Register-Guard reported Thursday that city lawyers contend Uber fits...
Dec 11 2014 // James River Group Holdings Ltd., the specialty insurer backed by hedge fund company D.E. Shaw & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., raised $231 million in an initial public offering, pricing its shares below the marketed...
Dec 11 2014 // Chicago has opened a new front in the war on ridesharing services like Uber, approving a plan to sponsor an app for riders to hail local cabs.The measure was part of a package including financial supports for taxis, such...
Dec 11 2014 // Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration is proposing limited state oversight for Uber and other popular ridesharing companies.The Boston Globe reported Wednesday that Patrick, who leaves office after two...
Dec 11 2014 // California prosecutors sued Uber over the ride-booking company’s driver background checks and other allegations, adding to the popular startup’s legal woes in the U.S. and around the world.The lawsuits filed...
Dec 10 2014 // San Antonio, Texas appears to be on the verge of implementing one of America’s worst laws to regulate transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft.The current San Antonio bill—which has dozens of problems my...
Dec 10 2014 // The Uber taxi driver held on suspicion of raping a passenger in India is a career criminal who was out on bail for sexually assaulting a woman, Indian police said, raising fresh concern about the safety of using the...
Dec 10 2014 // Uber Technologies Inc. has hit an increasing pileup of regulatory and legal hurdles this week, with its mobile application challenged from India to California.The car-booking app yesterday was sued by the district...
Dec 9 2014 // Plainclothes Columbia, Mo., police officers have started issuing tickets to drivers with Internet ridesharing company Uber.City staff and Uber had been negotiating regulations that would have licensed rideshare drivers...
Dec 9 2014 // A driver for Uber Technologies Inc. whose car struck and killed a six-year-old girl crossing a San Francisco street last New Year’s eve was charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, a spokesman for the...
Dec 8 2014 // The ridesharing app Uber has launched in Portland, Ore. without city approval.The app began working Friday at 5 p.m., and drivers were able to immediately begin offering rides, regional manager Brooke Stever said. “I...
Dec 8 2014 // Editor’s Note: This is a corrected version of this story. In a story Dec. 6 about a driver for the Internet ride-sharing company Uber being fined, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the driver had been...
Dec 8 2014 // The insurer that ridesharing service Uber Technologies Inc. uses to protect drivers and passengers is going public, promoting how it’s more willing than competitors to invest in junk-rated loans.James River Group...
Dec 5 2014 // The Illinois Legislature has passed legislation regulating drivers in the emerging ridesharing industry.Both the House and Senate approved legislation creating statewide regulations for drivers working for ridesharing...
Dec 1 2014 // A Utah lawmaker is working on a bill proposing statewide regulations for ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft.Some say the smartphone app-based companies should follow the same rules as taxi drivers, including...
Dec 1 2014 // Ridesharing companies such as Uber are riding high in Arizona at the risk of defying state law, the Arizona Capitol Times reported.Companies such as Uber and Lyft have only revved up operations since Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed...
Dec 1 2014 // Erie Insurance announced it has launched auto insurance coverage to protect drivers who use ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft in two Midwestern states.Erie’s new coverage, currently available in Indiana and...
Dec 1 2014 // North Carolina lawmakers heard arguments recently for and against increasing regulation of digital services that allow people to sell car rides through a smartphone app or rent out rooms to travelers.Car services such as...