A potential class-action lawsuit filed earlier this week in New York City claims Lyft has regularly overcharged riders for tolls there and seeks nearly $60 million in damages.
Uber is is going to repay riders the tips that were charged to them when they used the transportation service after U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen reportedly gave the green light to the deal that would compel the San Francisco-based company to do so.
As the number of people using for-hire car services like Uber has increased in New York, so, too, has the number of accidents.
Benjamin Parker’s “ Bill de Blasio’s Progressive War on Uber” (op-ed, Aug. 4) mischaracterizes the mayor’s position on Uber and the taxi industry. Mr. de Blasio, far from being at war with Uber, has totally jettisoned his progressive values by caving in to the tech giant’s pressure.
From NY Post: When Nino Hervias scraped together the down payment for a coveted yellow taxi medallion in 1991, he thought he had it all figured out. Sure the hours were grueling, the city streets crime-ridden and the economy bleak — but he knew he was investing in his family’s future and believed it would [...]
A new coalition of taxi groups from Upstate is launching increased opposition to the expansion of ride-sharing into places like Western New York.
The yellow-cab industry shows the first inklings of a comeback. Meanwhile, in a driveway in Queens, Brinto Rashed's black Lexus sits idle
NOW is the time for action, before the medallion becomes an icon of the PAST. There is always strength in numbers!
Uber, which has recently been trying to appease its drivers, has secured a $1 billion loan in a deal led by Goldman Sachs to underwrite new car leases for drivers, Bloomberg reports.
Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported on Uber's controversial leasing program, Xchange. Launched almost exactly a year ago, Xchange is a leasing program that's offered to Uber drivers with poor credit. Now that people have had some experience with Xchange, we're starting to see a very real and very dark underbelly.
