All the headlines from our Uber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 1 2015 // Drivers of ridesharing services Lyft and Uber in New Mexico should face strict drug testing requirements like taxi drivers and keep detailed records of such tests, the state Attorney General Hector Balderas told regulators...
Apr 27 2015 // Popular ride-hailing firms like Uber and Lyft are fighting lawsuits in Atlanta and other cities from cab drivers, taxi and limousine companies claiming the techno upstarts are siphoning off passengers and profits by...
Apr 22 2015 // Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has vetoed a bill that would have increased regulations on ridesharing companies like Uber, a decision that could face an override vote when the Legislature returns from its annual recess April...
Apr 22 2015 // A bill that would allow for ridesharing companies such as Uber in Nevada is showing signs of life after failing a vote of the Nevada Senate.SB439 was granted a deadline waiver on Monday, meaning it can be reconsidered at...
Apr 21 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. must defend against a lawsuit accusing the popular ride-sharing service of discriminating against blind people by refusing to transport guide dogs, a federal judge ruled.In a decision late Friday...
Apr 20 2015 // Ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft could be driven out of New Jersey if a bill lawmakers are considering becomes law.That’s at least what the transportation network companies faced with potential new...
Apr 20 2015 // Prosecutors have charged a Colorado Uber driver accused of trying to break into the home of a woman he drove to the airport. The Denver District Attorney’s Office announced in April that 51-year-old Gerald Montgomery...
Apr 14 2015 // James Bellefeuille is an Uber driver for a living, though he admits that what he earns is not much to live on.Yet in the new sharing economy, there’s hope for people like Bellefeuille who can bring some innovation...
Apr 10 2015 // Months after suspending operations in Portland, Uber is on the verge of the returning to the city and operating under regulations.The city’s Private For-Hire Innovation Task Force released details this week of a...
Apr 10 2015 // Ridesharing giants Lyft and Uber left San Antonio in their rearview mirror after the nation’s seventh largest city restricted their operations, instead shifting their focus — and money — on convincing Texas...
Apr 9 2015 // Business travelers are bypassing the taxi queue with greater frequency, choosing instead ride-hailing services like Uber Technologies.A new report by expense management system provider Certify shows that 47 percent of the...
Apr 8 2015 // Prosecutors have charged a Colorado Uber driver accused of trying to break into the home of a woman he drove to the airport. The Denver District Attorney’s Office announced Monday that 51-year-old Gerald Montgomery...
Apr 7 2015 // Ride-hailing company Uber says it will be forced to pull out of Kansas if the governor signs a bill increasing regulations on its drivers.The dispute over the bill, which passed both chambers on April 2, has grown...
Apr 7 2015 // Uber asked a U.S. court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an alleged rape victim in India’s capital, saying the ridesharing company could not be held legally responsible for the driver’s acts.The passenger, who...
Apr 6 2015 // Easter Sunday marked the end of Uber in Eugene, Ore. at least for now.The Register-Guard newspaper reported Saturday that a hearings official imposed a civil penalty of $1,500 a day on the ridesharing company after...
Apr 6 2015 // It looks unlikely that Uber is coming to West Virginia this year.With debate closed, the Republican-led House of Delegates voted on March 13 against reviving an Uber bill that was idled. The bill would have allowed Uber...
Apr 6 2015 // Climate Prep“You’re getting storms that you’ve never seen before; you’re getting winds that you’ve never seen before. We’ve got to be adapting.” —U.S. Interior Secretary Sally...
Apr 1 2015 // A group of taxi companies sued New York claiming the city is wrongfully allowing Uber Technologies Inc. customers to hail rides with an app.Current law permits only yellow taxis with valid medallions to accept hails,...
Apr 1 2015 // Passions ran high this week over a bill that would create Nevada regulations specific to ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft, a prospect that cab and limo services criticize as a double standard that would put...
Mar 30 2015 // The Georgia Senate has passed a slightly tweaked substitute measure to a House bill that apparently clears the way for Uber, Lyft and other ridesharing companies to keep operating in the state.The substitute, which makes...