Sentences with phrase «ride service drivers»

The Investigative Unit has found that over the last four months, law enforcement at each airport has issued hundreds of citations to ride service drivers that have been found doing business at the airport, which can be a misdemeanor trespassing charge.

At San Francisco International Airport, police found even more issues, including two ride service drivers with no valid driver's license, nine with no car insurance, one ride service driver with expired registration, and one with expired car registration.

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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.

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.

Uber's elaborate plans to sabotage Lyft include aggressively recruiting Lyft's drivers and cancelling rides on the service to waste the drivers» time.

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).

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

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

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

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.

Customers accuse the ride sharing service of attempting to profit from a taxi driver work stoppage.

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.

While apps Uber and Lyft allow almost anyone with a car to provide ride services, Blacklane has a fleet of cars and limousines helmed by professional drivers.

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.

«This program denies ride requests to fraudulent users who are violating our terms of service — whether that's people aiming to physically harm drivers, competitors looking to disrupt our operations, or opponents who collude with officials on secret «stings» meant to entrap drivers,» the company said.

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).

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.

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.

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday denied ride service Uber's request to immediately appeal an order approving class certification in a lawsuit filed by drivers who wish to be deemed employees.

The ride hailing service has started an early test into «mapping, safety and autonomy systems» as part of a part of plan to automate rides and eliminate the cost of drivers, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times.

The ride - sharing service pairs a rider and a driver headed in the same destination, and it costs less than the same service offered by Uber or Lyft.

At least two drivers said that if courts decided that they are Uber employees, they would not be able to work for multiple ride services.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- A lawsuit filed by drivers against ride service Uber should not proceed as a class action, the company argued in a court filing on Thursday, citing written statements of support from hundreds of other Uber drivers in a case that could decide whether they are independent contractors or employees.

Chariot for Women, a new ride - sharing service set to debut on April 19, will feature women - only drivers for women and children passengers.

Other technology firms that made it to the list are Nvidia at no. 28, which produces chips for futuristic technologies such as deep learning and driverless cars, Facebook at no. 29 for investing in Messenger and for hosting news articles on its platform, Japanese messaging app maker Line at no. 37, Coinbase at no. 40 for enabling Bitcoin payments in PayPal and Expedia, IBM at no. 46 for its work with Watson, Snapchat at no. 47 for its innovative new format, and Uber at no. 50 for its ride - sharing services and driver deliveries.

A San Francisco - based driver for smartphone - based ride - hailing service Uber is an employee, not a contractor, according to a ruling by the California Labor Commission.

MEXICO CITY / SAN FRANCISCO, April 6 Chinese ride - hailing company Didi Chuxing has publicly launched in Mexico with a website advertising its service to drivers and passengers and setting the stage for a potentially expensive showdown with rival Uber.

A driver with the ride - sharing service Lyft waits for a customer on a street in Santa Monica, California October 17, 2013.

Go - Jek is already looking to step into the void by expanding its Indonesia - based service into Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, but now a source tells TechCrunch that the ambitious startup has held early - stage talks with Comfort that could see it enter Singapore as ride - hailing partner for its 15,000 drivers.

In a ruling that fuels a long - simmering debate over some of Silicon Valley's fastest - growing technology companies and the work they are creating, the California Labor Commissioner's Office said that a driver for the ride - hailing service Uber should be classified as an employee, not an independent contractor.

Tesloop still offers a ride - hailing service complete with a driver, but its latest move allows consumers to rent the vehicle and drive the cars themselves.

These include cars used by drivers that work with ride - hailing services such as Grab and Uber [UBER.UL], which are becoming increasingly popular.

The focus is on taxi drivers and taxi operator firms because peer - to - peer ride services are not legal in Japan.

On Uber Selling Southeast Asia Business to Grab Benjamin Edelman Uber and Grab provide much the same service ride - sharing that lets casual drivers, using their personal cars, transport passengers in on - demand service.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday denied ride service Uber's request to immediately appeal an order approving class certification in a lawsuit filed by drivers who wish to be deemed employees.

Work - related ethical questions related aside, a ride - hailing service made up of self - driving cars will deduct driver salary costs, lending Uber more cash in its coffers.

Uber spokesperson Chelsea Kohler told USA TODAY that the vehicles, whose number remains unspecified, are «for internal use only, have a safety driver up front and are not part of our ride - sharing service in the city.»

Oft - cited giant of the sharing economy, Uber, has taken their ride - sharing service a step further with «UberRUSH», using GPS enabled apps to connect drivers to ecommerce customers in real time for fast, last - mile delivery.

Uber is coming clean about its cover - up of a year - old hacking attack that stole personal information about more than 57 million of the beleaguered ride - hailing service's customers and drivers.

Drivers say the current rules benefit ride - hailing service Uber or NCCs - cars rented with a driver - because unlike taxis they can purchase licenses in smaller towns, where they cost less, but use them to work in cities.

The ride - hailing service settled two cases for $ 100 mln, calling drivers contractors but making them look even more like employees.

The settlement, announced on April 21, allows the ride - hailing service to continue treating drivers in California and Massachusetts as independent contractors, while creating new safeguards against cutting them off from the Uber app without warning and allowing them to form drivers» associations.

If you need a ride use a safe & easy service like Uber, which matches riders to local drivers in your area.

In hopes his missing daughter might step into his car as a passenger, the girl's father worked as a driver for a ride - hailing service before the two were finally reunited.

Taxi drivers demonstrated against a measure that would expand phone app based ride services like Uber and Lyft to Long Island and Upstate, chanting «Uber, shame on you».

To mark the occasion, the ride - hailing service said it will match every tip given by riders to drivers across the country today, including in Buffalo and other cities upstate.

Sticking points for approving the ride - sharing services include how to craft new laws to properly insure Uber and Lyft drivers in case they are in an accident, whether employees should be subject to fingerprinting, and how to better accommodate disabled people.

The budget states that workers» compensation insurance for ride - hailing service drivers will be offered through the New York Black Car Operators» Injury Compensation Fund, an injury compensation fund that gives benefits to drivers in New York City.