Uber actively encloses what could be a more open city in which riders and drivers work to benefit city residents.
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How a cabinet-maker and temperance preacher managed what the ride-sharing company is struggling to pull off.
The deal, in which drivers won’t pursue their claim to be employees in exchange for the cash and other changes, raises more questions than it answers.
Time to stop trying to make disruptive technology businesses like Uber tow the line, and instead create the right conditions for all businesses to embrace innovation.
Whatever happens to Uber’s legal status in Australia, it’s likely consumers will be the eventual winners.
The NSW Taxi Council says ridesharing platforms like uberX are no safer than hitchhiking. Is that supported by the evidence?
Some theorists suggest that such platforms are making our world more efficient by natural selection. The reality is a little more complicated.
Cars are dirty and wasteful. Large fleets of autonomous taxis could cut emissions and reduce inefficiency.
A California commission ruled that an Uber driver is an employee, not a contractor, but the decision will do little to resolve the murky legal issue.
Why taxis firms and electric vehicles are a perfect match.
Popular cab-hailing service Uber seems as accident-prone as ever, attracting criticism for quadrupling its rate to a minimum of $100 during the Sydney siege hostage situation. Having been criticised in…
I took two separate rides with two different UberX drivers yesterday. At no time did I feel as though my life was in danger. But in danger I was, at least according to several factions debating the safety…
I don’t know what I did, but I got a message from them saying that I could no longer use Uber to pick up passengers. They reckon I didn’t turn up to a job, but I was just late because I picked up another…
Almost one in two Australians are dissatisfied with their local taxi service, the latest study of national transport has…
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