Sentences with phrase «hailing drivers»

Taxi drivers, ride - hailing drivers, and chauffeurs transport people to and from the places they need to go, such as airports, homes, shopping centers, and workplaces.

They have met with county lawmakers and sent letters that cite accusations of rape and assault that customers have made against ride - hailing drivers elsewhere in the nation.

A group of upstate taxi and livery companies is pushing for ride - hailing drivers to be fingerprinted.

State lawmakers unveiled legislation on Thursday that would bar Level 1 sex offenders from becoming licensed ride hailing drivers, calling it a loophole in the recently approved state budget.

Taxi services have been pushing state lawmakers and policy makers to include fingerprinting and background checks of ride hailing drivers in any legislation.

New ride - hailing drivers looked forward to new opportunities.

He also said he's heard horror stories from customers and colleagues about ride - hailing drivers already breaking the new rules.

For example, freelance photographers need expensive cameras, and ride - hailing drivers need a working vehicle.

Develop provincial safety standards for ride - hailing drivers, vehicles, and activities which are reflective of their particular business model.

Even as the NLRB has declared that Uber drivers can not legally join a union because of their contractor classification, ride - hailing drivers in Seattle won the right to engage in collective bargaining in December.

About 10,000 ride - hailing drivers for both companies are being impacted, said Taylor Patterson, an Uber spokeswoman.

Roughly 10,000 ride - hailing drivers for both Uber and Lyft were not working beginning Monday after the two companies lost a vote over mandatory fingerprint background checks for drivers.

Fried writes in an email that more than 18,000 ride - hailing drivers registered by the August 31 deadline for required licenses, «and an additional 12,000 responded via our declaration portal that either they are no longer driving in SF, already registered, or consider themselves employees (not independent contractors).»

Meanwhile, an investigation by CNN focused on the dark side of ride hailing drivers, finding 103 U.S. Uber drivers accused of sexual assault or abuse in the past four years and and 18 drivers for Lyft.

Much to my boys» dismay, we don't hail the driver over as regularly as they wish but that doesn't mean we don't get to enjoy frozen treats.

Others felt reinstituting turning privileges will create new conflicts between motorists, pedestrians and cyclists, or that the new clear lanes would just as quickly be filled with idling taxis and ride - hail drivers making pickups and drop - offs — a notion de Blasio challenged.

In a press release, Cuomo said his proposal would give ride - hail drivers access to workers compensation claims from the existing Black Car Fund, prohibit discrimination against passengers and mandate that cars show decals.

The association, which declined to comment for this story, had sought higher insurance requirements for car - hail drivers, which was reflected in the Assembly's amended bill, according to one assemblymember speaking on background and to published reports.

And that's even more convenient because you can hail the driver anywhere on Beach Road or Thappraya Road, and he will stop so you can hop in.

Last month, The Rideshare Guy blog for ride - hail drivers described Uber's Driver Advisory Forum as half public relations / half focus group «with the goal of opening a dialogue between Uber corporate and drivers.»

Not exact matches

Uber, the dominant player in the ride - hailing space, also has a short - term rental program for drivers.

(One driver's total cut after a night with 10 hails: $ 15.51.)

U.S. regulators said on Tuesday that Uber Technologies agreed to do more to protect the privacy of customer and driver data in settling allegations that the ride - hailing company had made deceptive privacy and data security claims.

Late in July at its new headquarters in San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhood, Lyft served pink martinis and prosciutto to around 40 reporters, public relations specialists, driver partners, and Lyft staff at an early - evening happy hour celebrating the ride - hailing startup's four - year anniversary.

But drivers for ride - hailing apps increasingly hope for and even expect to receive tips, and workers in other areas of the sharing and on - demand economies are also hopeful that you might add a little bit to their fare.

Both Lyft and its ride - hailing rival Uber have faced separate lawsuits from drivers in San Francisco federal court.

When you hail a ride with Arro, taxi drivers nearby see your name and location.

Customers, using an iOS or Android app, can «hail» a Lyft driver and hitch a ride.

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.

Ride - hailing platforms Uber and Lyft are both expected to return to operations in Austin on Monday, when Texas Governor Gregg Abbott will likely sign a bill overturning the state capital's strict driver screening rules.

Uber Eats uses the ride - hailing service's drivers to deliver meals ordered from restaurants.

Experts say this trend underlines how little many drivers feel they are making through the ride hailing apps.

Uber drivers, as well as drivers for Lyft and other ride - hailing companies, are increasingly turning to alternative measures in the hopes of making more money on the job.

Offers ride - hailing and taxi hailing services by connecting drivers with corporate and private passengers through the use of an app.

By downloading the Uber app, users can hail a cab from a list of registered drivers who are near their locations.

Driver Shiv Kumar Yadav received the maximum sentence after he was found guilty last month of the rape, kidnapping and criminal intimidation of the woman, who had hailed a ride home from a party in Delhi last December.

General Motors and new business partner Lyft are launching a short - term car rental program aimed at bringing on more drivers to the ride - hailing service.

As the proprietor of a so - called two - sided marketplace, Travis Kalanick, who resigned Tuesday night as chief executive of the $ 70 billion ride - hailing startup, spent years carefully balancing the interests of drivers against those of passengers.

For example, ride - hailing apps such as Uber manipulate drivers, who are independent contractors and don't have scheduled shifts, to stay on the road longer.

I walk outside my Manhattan home, hail a taxi, and tell the driver to take me to the Pumping Iron Gym at 91st Street and First Avenue, where I work out for two hours.

Lutz says she's seen moms schedule Shuddle rides — which are more expensive than hailing an Uber or Lyft, but of course come with a driver who's been through Shuddle's screening process — for themselves.

Customers became angered after the ride - hailing service did not shutdown service at New York's Kennedy International on Saturday, in solidarity with a work - stoppage called by a cab - driver group.

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.

Ride - hailing companies like Uber and Lyft quickly got into hot water after debuting over whether they were providing adequate liability insurance for drivers and passengers.

Meanwhile, the self - driving stuff could easily leap into nearly full autonomy — no steering wheel, no driver controls — in a few years, but with vehicles that function only in a ride - hailing framework.

One of the first to market was San Francisco — based Uber, which lets users virtually hail available cab and limo drivers with the touch of a button, via their phone's GPS.

Other companies are studying the economics of using automated driving systems to replace human drivers in taxi or ride - hailing services, including Uber Technologies (uber) and Lyft (lyft), which is collaborating with General Motors (gm).

Back in June, the ride - hailing company announced a new program that would help drivers become full - time workers.

We look at our screens, watching the driver we just hailed wend closer and closer.

A potentially devastating lawsuit against ride - hailing company Uber over its classification of drivers as contractors instead of employees is entering an important phase: determining whether drivers can sue together through a class action.