Sentences with phrase «other ride hailing companies»

Barnhart is questioning why the city promoted Uber over other ride hailing companies.

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In October 2012, the California Public Utilities Commission sent Lyft, along with several other ride - sharing and car - hailing companies, cease and desist letters.

It's put billions of dollars to work in ride - hailing companies across the globe, including Uber and China's Didi Chuxing, and hundreds of millions into start - ups in many other categories, including dog - walking company Wag (it invested $ 300 million), food delivery provider DoorDash (it led a $ 535 million round), and virtual reality infrastructure provider Improbable (it led a $ 502 million round).

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.

However, Ammann told Fortune that the company doesn't plan to team up with other ride - hailing companies when it comes to its driverless car ambitions.

The company's plans had previously been limited to financial commitments to ride - hailing companies in other countries and a research lab in Silicon Valley that opened last year.

When co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick said in October that the company currently has 30 % to 35 % of the ride - hailing market there, Chinese rival Didi Kuaidi and others quickly raised skepticism about the claim.

The ride - hailing companies are fighting restrictions in other cities across the country, including Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and Atlanta.

In September, Lyft announced a partnership with China's largest ride - hailing company, Didi Kuaidi, allowing each company to serve the other's passengers.

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).

New on - demand services, from ride - hailing company Uber to home - delivery service Instacart, all rely on armies of workers to run errands, park cars and handle other jobs.

Uber, on the other hand, has teamed up with a number of companies, which include United Airlines, Starbucks, Morgan Stanley and the National Football League in order to promote its ride - hailing service to as many mainstream consumers as possible.

The executive, Anthony Levandowski, allegedly told Kalanick and two other employees in March 2016 that he had five discs containing Alphabet documents, several months before the ride - hail company acquired his startup, Otto.

Didi is China's biggest ride - hailing company, cementing its dominance when it bought out Uber's operations in the country in 2016, and is preparing to launch car - sharing and other on - demand transport services.

The ride - hailing company, however, is also currently facing several other issues.

SoftBank, which is heavily invested in other ride - hailing companies around the globe, could help Uber strike more partnership deals, especially in Asia.

SAN FRANCISCO — After nearly five months of digging into Uber's internal culture, its new chief human resources officer says the ride - hailing company's treatment of women — which gave it a public black eye after charges of persistent sexism and discrimination were detailed by a former employee — is no worse at Uber than at other companies.

In the eyes of the FTC, Uber erred beginning in 2014, when reports first surfaced that the ride - hailing company's workers had taken advantage of an internal tool, known as «God View,» which had allowed some employees to spy on the whereabouts of politicians, celebrities and others using its services.

In a new complaint seeking class action status, two women — who are maintaining anonymity — are asking a court to force the $ 69 billion ride - hail company to change many of its driver screening and other practices on behalf of all U.S. riders who were «subject to rape, sexual assault or gender - motivated violence or harassment by their Uber driver in the last four years.»

First, changes in the value of shares it owns in other companies, among which is ride - hailing app Uber, will be reflected as profit or loss on the income statement.

However, the case hinges on issues the ride - hail company — which is no stranger to legal battles — has long fought across the globe: Background checks and being treated like other for - hire companies.

The company has partnered with ride - hailing competitors in other countries — like China — in hopes of competing against Uber in its quest to upend the global transportation industry.

The ride - hail company contends that Alphabet is only asking for this to be applied because the company has provided no other evidence that Uber is in possession of or is using any stolen files.

Almost immediately after joining Uber, Whetstone turned toward her old shop, Google, as well as a few other Silicon Valley companies like Square, to fill out the policy roster for the ride - hailing juggernaut as it continued to mount political battles across the globe.

But the Independent Drivers Guild, which represents 60,000 drivers for Uber, Lyft and other ride - hailing companies, said surcharges could be «devastating» if drivers are forced to absorb the higher costs instead of passing them to passengers.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren faces new accusations of favoritism, with Democratic primary challengers alleging special treatment for Uber over other ride - hailing companies.

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren faces new accusations of favoritism, with Democratic primary challengers alleging special treatment for Uber over other ride - hailing companies.

It also omits other budget issues that have been settled, like allowing ride - hailing companies like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City.

In the meantime, ride - hailing companies will be in Buffalo and other upstate communities promoting their arrival and making residents aware of the official launch.

While Nassau is the largest focus of the lobbying fight between ride - hailing and taxi companies, other suburban counties also are considering the opt - out issue.

CAB SAFETY — «Proposed NYC Law Would Create A Public Database Of Ride - Hail Sexual Assault Reports,» by Buzzfeed News» Charlie Warzel: «New York City Council Member Dan Garodnick will introduce a bill [Thursday] to create a public record of all sexual assault and harassment incidents that happen inside vehicles operated by New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission - licensed companies and owners (which include Uber, Lyft, and other ride - hail servicRide - Hail Sexual Assault Reports,» by Buzzfeed News» Charlie Warzel: «New York City Council Member Dan Garodnick will introduce a bill [Thursday] to create a public record of all sexual assault and harassment incidents that happen inside vehicles operated by New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission - licensed companies and owners (which include Uber, Lyft, and other ride - hail servicride - hail services).

Not everyone in Buffalo is ready to welcome Uber, Lyft and other ride - hailing companies just yet.

WINNIPEG, May 31, 2016 / PRNewswire / - The hope for ride - sharing has never really come to fruition, as companies like Uber, Lyft and others realized early on that the only way to service low demand destinations was by hiring drivers and effectively becoming ride - hailing companies.

The hope for ride - sharing has never really come to fruition, as companies like Uber, Lyft and others realized early on that the only way to service low demand destinations was by hiring drivers and effectively becoming ride - hailing companies.

The CJEU notes that the companies are only in direct competition with each other with regards to passengers who pre-book their rides, but that the identification of the factual and legal situation should not be limited to this group of passengers, since all journeys made by taxi, including the ones where passengers hail a cab in the streets, have an influence on London traffic safety.

Across the country, the revolution of Uber, Lift, and other «ride - hailing services» means that state lawmaker have been working hard to keep up with the new alternative to driving or calling a traditional cab company.

Other standout matters the team has been involved in include the launch of its food - delivery arm, Uber Eats, in the summer of 2016, and working with teams in San Francisco to close the merger with the ride - hailing business of Russia's largest technology company, Yandex, effectively creating a $ 3bn joint venture.

But the two sides won't say how much of Nvidia's platform Uber is using, though, other than that the ride - hailing company is leveraging the onboard GPU for some artificial intelligence work.

Some are likely to be other Alphabet companies, such as the autonomous - vehicle maker Waymo, but Sidewalk has said that competitors such as the ride - hailing provider Lyft would be able to operate in Quayside, too.

Today, the ride - hail company said it would finally go beyond partnering with other companies on autonomous driving, and in a significant shift, it will start building some of the technology itself.