Tag: Uber

A smartphone displays the 'Uber' mobile application, which allows users to hail private-hire cars from any location. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Uber shows how the tech industry is poised to reinvent regulation

Scott Rasmussen · June 20, 2014 3:24 pm

Los Angeles area taxi drivers circle City Hall in their cabs to protest unregulated ride-share services being promoted through smart-phone applications and social media in Los Angeles Tuesday, June 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Technology helps customers and innovators ignore regulators who target Uber and Lyft

Veronique de Rugy · June 19, 2014 9:00 pm

A smartphone displays the Uber mobile application which allows users to hail private-hire cars from any location. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

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Cambridge, Mass., proposes rules to ban Uber, Lyft, Sidecar

Timothy P. Carney · June 18, 2014 1:56 pm

Taxi stand still at Parliament Square in central London as thousands of London black cabs blocking the streets to protest over new technology they say endangers passengers, in London, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. The strike action by taxi drivers hit many European cities, Wednesday, sparked by fears about the growing upheaval in the travel and transport industry, largely due to digital technologies. Big Ben's clock tower back centre. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

European taxi protest: Transport tech upheaval

LORI HINNANTGREGORY KATZ · June 11, 2014 4:23 pm

Uber comes to Orlando

Washington Examiner · June 9, 2014 5:02 am

Uber, Lyft become regulated in Colorado

Washington Examiner · June 6, 2014 2:24 pm

Virginia Bans Uber, Lyft Ridesharing Services

Mark Hemingway · June 6, 2014 1:40 pm

Uber is a great example of how digital technology is improving our quality of life. Not only does it serve consumers, other companies are doing the same across many industries. (AP Photo)

Companies like Uber encourage innovation technology and improve consumers’ lives

Scott Rasmussen · May 30, 2014 3:46 pm

Taxi drivers protest in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Milan's taxis have been idle for five days to protest the ride-hailing app Uber, the latest European challenge to a technological advance against old business models. Uber, a San Francisco startup, has been banned in Brussels and is under court scrutiny in Berlin. Milan's 5,000 taxi drivers are seeking similar curbs when representatives meet with Italy's transport minister Wednesday. (AP Photo/Federico Ferramola, Lapresse) ITALY OUT

Europe’s cabbies decry competition from Uber app

Colleen Barry · May 21, 2014 8:00 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2014 file photo, part time Lyft driver Brittany Cameron sits on the hood of her own vehicle, which she uses to give rides, and which is adorned with Lyft's trademark pink mustache, in downtown Denver. Lyft is a transportation network company whose mobile-phone application facilitates peer-to-peer ride sharing by enabling passengers who need a ride to request one from drivers who have a car. Internet companies like Lyft that connect riders to drivers with a few taps on a cellphone app will be regulated in Colorado with legislation soon to become law, putting the state at the forefront of a push to try to legitimize the flourishing tech startups. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Rules for Uber, Lyft to become law in Colorado

Ivan Moreno · May 21, 2014 1:58 am

On Wednesday, the D.C. Taxicab Commission held a public hearing on its proposed regulations targeted at popular ridesharing companies including Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar. (AP Photo)

Manhattan Moment: D.C.’s war on ridesharing services

Jared Meyer · May 2, 2014 4:00 am

Uber ordered to apply for carrier permit in Md.

Washington Examiner · April 25, 2014 9:28 pm