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LABOR Massachusetts AllowsGig Drivers to Unionize Ride-hailing drivers in Massachusetts won the right to unionize on Wednesday through a statewide ballot initiative, a first-of-its-kind victory that could set a precedent [...]

In a win for the taxpayer, the NSW Supreme Court recently handed down its decision in Uber Australia Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2024] NSWSC 1124. On [...]

The development of sustainable transport in Kazakhstan's cities is a priority to solve problems of traffic congestion, pollution and the development of mobility in the passenger transport network. Based on [...]

The city became the second in the nation to create a compensation standard for ride-hailing drivers, after New York. The Seattle City Council approved a minimum pay standard for Uber [...]

If you've walked outside your office building or downtown condo over the past few months, you've probably seen electric scooters parked on sidewalks, in bike racks, in the street, on [...]

In the pouring rain, hundreds of people lined up outside a building in Queens on Monday, clutching umbrellas and paperwork. The frenzy was not driven by a buzzy new restaurant [...]

Not long ago arrived word of a new start-up, Wonderschool, which as its website explains, is a ''network of boutique, in-home early childhood programs'' -- the Airbnb or Rover of [...]

New Yorkers who can afford to avoid their dysfunctional subway system are spoiled for choice these days. In addition to long-established taxis, livery cabs, black cars and limousines, they can [...]

Byline: William Booth LONDON - London's municipal transport authority took commuters by surprise Friday when it rejected Uber's application for a new license to operate, ruling that the ride-sharing company [...]

Byline: Rick Jervis, @mrRjervis, USA TODAY Uber and Lyft -- the ride-hailing behemoths embattled in this city -- may soon return to the Texas capital. Lawmakers passed a bill this [...]

Byline: Ben Rosen Uber confirmed it developed a secret program that it used to evade and dupe government investigators and other ride-hailers in cities where it faced regulations or was [...]

Byline: Michael Walton Sept. 01--Pennsylvania Public Utility commissioners denied a request to overturn their record-setting fine against Uber, and the company said it will appeal the ruling to Commonwealth Court. [...]

After coming under attack last summer from the ride-hailing app Uber, the de Blasio administration shelved a proposal to cap the number of Uber vehicles and undertook a study of [...]

Byline: Max Lewontin Debates over the ride-sharing service Uber often boil down to one question: is the company creating ground-breaking technology allowing users to get a ride in minutes from [...]

Uber has ended the latest struggle in its ride-sharing operation after New York City dropped, for now, its plan to limit the number of vehicles the company could operate in [...]

On Monday, the message from Mayor Bill de Blasio was unequivocal: Uber was growing too fast. He lamented the app company's singular focus on its ''corporate bottom line.'' He insisted [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDJust a week after Uber offered rare words of praise for New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission, the ride-hailing company was back in a familiar position on Tuesday, [...]

A leading privacy rights group wants the Federal Trade Commission to prohibit Uber from instituting changes to its privacy policy that the group says will allow the ride-hailing app to [...]

Livery-cab passengers hailing rides through smartphone apps in New York City will get estimated fares for so-called surge pricing and itemized receipts, under rules passed Monday by the Taxi and [...]

SEOUL, South Korea -- The South Korean government on Thursday rejected a regulatory compromise suggested by Uber and vowed a ''strong crackdown'' on its ride-hailing services. David Plouffe, a senior [...]

Among the many changes introduced by Canada's new Liberal government in the fall of 2015, a notable one for competition lawyers was the rebranding of the Department of Industry as [...]

Seyfarth Synopsis: Massachusetts recently enacted its first statewide ride-sharing law requiring companies like Uber to provide accessible transportation for individuals with disabilities. On the heels of news that Uber and [...]

Byline: Bobby Kerlik Jan. 29--The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission gave the green light Thursday to allow Uber to operate ride-sharing services across the state -- except Philadelphia -- for the [...]

Byline: Matthew Santoni Sept. 11--State police troopers citing drivers riding solo in carpool lanes inadvertently may have caused traffic backups Wednesday morning on Interstate 279. Police began an announced crackdown [...]

Byline: Bobby Kerlik Sept. 10--Tom Guido and his wife count the number of cars violating the Parkway North HOV lane multi-person occupancy rule during their daily commute to and from [...]

Los Angeles cabdrivers staged a noisy protest on Tuesday over the smartphone-driven ride-sharing services that are cutting into their business. About 200 taxi drivers honked their horns and circled City [...]

Judged by the numbers, New York City's fledgling bike-share program might be viewed as a rousing success. After two weeks, more than 170,000 trips have been taken. Annual memberships have [...]

I created this short film from a message left on my home answering machine. It's part of a project I call Animation Hotline: People are invited to call (212) 683-2490 [...]

In a very short time, New Yorkers will have the opportunity to show the world that they are just as virtuous, well-intentioned and offended by sloth as people in Copenhagen [...]

The New York City comptroller, John C. Liu, is warning that the city's ambitious bike-share program, which is to begin next month, could face lawsuits from accidents involving those bikes. [...]

New York City's morning ban on driving alone into Manhattan via four bridges and two tunnels cut deeply into traffic on those crossings yesterday, and transportation officials' fears about a […]

The city's rules preventing most cars with just one occupant from crossing into Midtown and Lower Manhattan on weekday mornings did cut traffic congestion last week and will continue indefinitely, […]