Ronald DeLuca, 54, from Boston, who worked as an Uber driver, turned out to have been screened by the company's security, despite a number of violations. Among other things, DeLuca was previously convicted of a second level sexual offense, his driving license was suspended, ...
The Uber taxi-ordering mobile app offers Manhattan residents a $ 5 discounted rate for rides in the neighborhood during peak hours. As reported, the service can be used from 7 to 10 am and from 5 to 8 pm as part of the service ...
This week marks the 5th anniversary of Uber's online ride-ordering service in New York. In honor of this anniversary, the company has prepared a special offer for passengers. For 5 days Uber drives its customers for $ 5 in five districts of the city: Staten ...
Online ride-hailing service Uber has begun testing a new program in which passengers will be forced to pay a fine if the driver waits for them more than two minutes from the moment of arrival. Previously, passengers were given a 5-minute “window.” So far the experiment is being carried out only in some service areas, in…
The American company Uber has agreed to pay $ 100 million to settle a class action lawsuit in the states of California and Massachusetts over the status of online taxi drivers. The agreement reached has yet to be approved by a Californian judge. According to it, the company will still be able to classify its drivers not ...
A resident of Stirling, Virginia, received on Monday a check for $ 640 from Uber for a trip to Washington Reagan Airport, which is located about 50 km from her home. Bonnie Leeb said that she was expecting a big bill, because due to a snow storm, ...
In the middle of New Year's Eve, the last thing I want to do is get an inflated ride bill from Uber. The company that provides transportation services raises tariffs when there are too many orders in a particular zone. In theory, such ...
Taxi drivers talked about what behavior of passengers they consider tactless and unacceptable. Working in the service sector, in particular as a taxi driver, takes a lot of nerves. Business Insider has published nine passenger habits that annoy and even offend taxi drivers the most. Taxi drivers ...
By the end of October, the world's first “sky taxi”, developed by the American company Skytran with the support of the Israeli concern Israel Aerospace Industries, will be launched in Tel Aviv, Israel. The project involves laying a special monorail six to nine meters above the ground, along which four-seater trailers will move…
In June 2014, Uber stunned everyone - it raised $ 1,2 billion in funding, and its value was then estimated at $ 17 billion. A year later, the car-calling mobile app managed to raise another 6,7 billion. And now, according to The New York Times, Uber is planning ...