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A lawyer for ride service Uber, which has been sued by drivers who contend they should be considered employees and are seeking class action status, said it would be preferable to have a trial just on the three drivers who filed the complaint in order to avoid setting a risky precedent.

Uber Technologies Chief Executive Travis Kalanick on Tuesday said it was time for him to «grow up» and get help after a video was published showing him getting into an argument with a driver for the ride service who complained about pay rates.

The video is the latest in a series of challenges and embarrassments for the ride service.

Uber told stockholders that gross bookings, the key yardstick of demand for ride services, rose 11 percent to $ 9.71 billion in the period that ended in September, compared with $ 8.74 billion in the second quarter, said the people.

A commission Cuomo created to study the issue is reportedly considering charging drivers a fee to enter Manhattan below 60th Street and a surcharge for ride services such as Lyft and Uber.

Uber, by far the largest company that provides for ride services through an app, has faced a series of high - profile setbacks at its corporate level that culminated this month with the resignation of its founder and CEO.

Not exact matches

Take Uber, for example: The ride - sharing company has taken a foray into the world of food delivery, and the service — which, according to The New York Times, is available in 120 markets worldwide — sometimes earns more than Uber's original offering.

Three women engineers have sued Uber for discrimination based of their gender and race, the latest blow to the ride - services company that is straining to overcome a year of controversies over its workplace culture.

Last month, Google unveiled its own ride - sharing service, Waze, in San Francisco, offering cheaper rates for carpools.

You know the drill: Amazon for your groceries, Netflix for date night, Handy for that light bulb you just can't reach and even on - demand car services to care for the car you hardly ever drive because you ride - share everywhere.

Last April, Daimler launched Moovel, a series of apps that allow users to book and pay for public transportation and see how well it integrates with other transit options, such as bike - or ride - hailing services, to get to a final destination.

Uber Pool was created as low - cost ride - sharing product, but it now also functions as a pseudo dating service for some people.

In addition to driverless cars, increased usage of ride - sharing and ride - hailing services are projected to generate $ 1 trillion in revenue for suppliers globally by 2040, latest industry figures indicate, according to SCMP.

The Democratic former Secretary of State worries about ride - sharing service drivers making ends meet, but also praises the company for «creating exciting opportunities,» the Times reported.

«Like brokerages, these trading websites make money when people use their platforms, so it's in their interest to convince you that you can beat the market,» said Roberts, who is now a consultant for car - ride service Uber.

Controversy over whether drivers for the ride - hailing services should classify drivers as employees or contractors has been a thorn in the startups» sides elsewhere in the country as well, spurring debate in the press and sometimes leading to lawsuits.

To play «backseat DJ,» you first need to connect your Spotify account with your Uber profile; when you request a ride, a music bar will appear at the bottom of the Uber app and you can select a playlist from your Spotify account while you wait for your car to show (although this only works if you get a music - enabled car, a detail that's apparently stressing out Uber drivers with older vehicles who fear they'll be penalized for not offering the service).

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters)- France is entitled to bring criminal proceedings against local managers of ride - hailing app Uber for running an illegal taxi service, the EU top court ruled on Tuesday, dealing the Silicon Valley start - up another legal setback.

Swan Taxis has launched an update for its app, which now allows customers to book a cab ride and make automatic cashless payments with the use of a credit card, similar to the service offered by competitor Uber.

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It's not often that a breath of fresh air wafts out of Europe, but last night was a time for a few revolutionary comments about business, specifically that ride - sharing service Uber is «not a problem, just a new business model».

The vehicle is self - driving, electric, and meant for a ride - sharing service.

Ride - sharing services like Uber and Lyft want to ensure drivers will work for them and not their competitors.

Didi Kuaidi is also a strategic partner — the two companies teamed up with India's Ola and Southeast Asia's GrabTaxi to let their respective customers book and pay for rides through each other's services when traveling abroad without having to download separate apps.

There's always a ride waiting for you somewhere in this city, but Audi has found a way to set its service apart.

Lyft's carpooling service, Lyft Line, accounted for the majority of rides in San Francisco as of the beginning of the year, Green said Monday.

Thanks to the rise of on - demand ride - sharing services like Uber and Lyft, the need to have a car (and a parking space) is lessening even for daily commuters.

Ride - hailing services are angling to take over large portions of daily commutes.They're poised to become cheaper options for commuters to take advantage of, both through lower direct rates in markets where regulators are cutting fees, and through the use of pretax dollars, which could save consumers up to 30 % per ride - hailing tRide - hailing services are angling to take over large portions of daily commutes.They're poised to become cheaper options for commuters to take advantage of, both through lower direct rates in markets where regulators are cutting fees, and through the use of pretax dollars, which could save consumers up to 30 % per ride - hailing tride - hailing trip.

On the topic of temptation, Green said he learned a big lesson from the early days of his first company, Zimride, a ride - sharing service for college students and employees of local companies.

Ride - sharing service Uber is another startup turning to its API for growth.

For Google, a ride - hailing service allows the company to turn one of its most expensive moon shot projects into a real moneymaking business.

«Ride - sharing services have enormous potential for positive societal impact with respect to congestion, pollution and energy consumption,» Daniela Rus, the professor at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory who led the study, said in a press release.

A magazine «ride - along» program piqued his interest: a mailing broker told Edelman of a private mail - delivery service that could couple his catalog in a polybag with, for example, Seventeen magazine.

Walker even credits ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft for changing the nature of business travel, specifically the willingness of people to stay in hotels a little farther away from their business.

For its part, UberEats — which provides home delivery of food in Mexico City and is run by the ride - hailing company Uber — denied any involvement in the incident, telling Mexican news site Excelsior that delivery people using the service «are proprietors and solely responsible for the use of their backpacks.&raqFor its part, UberEats — which provides home delivery of food in Mexico City and is run by the ride - hailing company Uber — denied any involvement in the incident, telling Mexican news site Excelsior that delivery people using the service «are proprietors and solely responsible for the use of their backpacks.&raqfor the use of their backpacks.»

In January, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he expected Uber to roll out an autonomous ride - hailing service by mid-2019, but that timeline may be pushed back, as the company will have to provide reassurance that an autonomous ride - hailing service will be safer for passengers and pedestrians than one operated by human drivers.

Attorney Neama Rahmani told Business Insider that Monday's accident will be «a huge setback» for companies that want to introduce autonomous vehicles for personal use or through ride - sharing services.

Uber has a system where it rewards new driver bonuses to people who sign up for its service and complete a certain number of rides.

Uber Technologies has launched its own auto leasing subsidiary in an effort to sign up more drivers, injecting the fast - growing ride services company directly into the financial services sector for the first time.

The Scour team reformed as Red Swoosh, a peer - to - peer file - sharing service Akamai Technologies later bought for $ 19 million before founding Uber, ride - for - hire sharing service, with Garrett Camp, co-founder of StumbleUpon, and himself a graduate school dropout.

And on Memorial Day weekend last month the company offered a separate flight program called UberAIR from Boston to Nantucket — but it wasn't on - demand service like that which Uber is known for, as passengers couldn't book a ride on a specific jet.

After two days of interrupted ticketing service and free rides for passengers, the railway's station kiosks went back online on Sunday.

Investors and staff hoping for a quick IPO from the ride - hailing service will be disappointed, chief executive Travis Kalanick told CNBC.»

A New Jersey town on track for a record - breaking number of drunken driving cases has become the first U.S. municipality to partner with ride service app Uber to keep inebriated residents from getting behind the wheel.

The ride service said it will provide training for employees, making policies easier for customers to understand, and tightening access controls.

While Muni could afford to let riders ride free for a day, your business might not be able endure the loss of revenue resulting from offering your goods and services for free during a disruption.

Ford (f) also announced its intention to make self - driving cars for commercial ride - sharing or on - demand taxi services by 2021, a target the automaker says it will reach by expanding its Silicon Valley research lab, as well as investing in or buying autonomous vehicle technology startups.

Turning its Moovel app into a one - stop shop where users can access many different transportation options — including the popular ride - hailing and public transportation services they already use — is a clever way for Daimler to wedge itself into the future of urban mobility.

Many public transit agencies are starting to see ride - hailing and other mobility services as a threat to their own business, as some startups, including Lyft, launch shuttle services for transporting larger numbers of riders.

In order to gain mainstream adoption for their mobility services, automakers will need to offer apps that differentiate themselves from ride - hailing apps and entice people to download and use them.