ride-hailing

Proving that no one ride-hailing company can claim certain global dominance.

GM wants to launch a ride-hailing network using autonomous vehicles.

These ride-hailing rivals have doubled down on their efforts dominate China for one good, obvious reason.

Uber may be the world's biggest ride-hailing startup for now, but it should watch its back.

Few companies are more polarising than the ride-hailing app creator Uber.

Under the proposal, ride-hailing apps will be required to give lists of their drivers to driver representative organizations.

They say ride-hailing apps like Uber and Grab are destroying their industry.

And ride-hailing giant Uber recently announced plans to pour $1 billion into its Indian operations over the next nine months.

They called de Blasio "a coward" for failing to protect their investments by regulating ride-hailing apps.

Last week, the de Blasio administration dropped its plans to limit the car-service app's growth while it studies the impact of ride-hailing apps on traffic.

In California, two landmark lawsuits against ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft will likely go to jury trial.

The drivers say ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Grab have made it impossible for them to earn a living in the heavily congested city.

The class-action suits against on-demand ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft are the furthest along in the process.

Mr. Lhota said the city should "allow market forces to take over" and embrace technology like ride-hailing smartphone apps for both taxis and car services.

The ride-hailing firm will pay $12.25m to settle a California suit but will not classify its workers as employees, as analyst says company 'got off lightly'

In December 2015, Lyft became the first ride-hailing service allowed to pick up passengers at Los Angeles International Airport.

In a settlement agreement reached late Tuesday, the ride-hailing service would extend additional benefits to drivers and pay them to resolve the dispute but not make them official employees.

To gain global traction, Lyft recently agreed to partner with with China's biggest ride-hailing firm, Didi Kuaidi.

This makes it more valuable than the San Francisco ride-hailing startup Uber, whose latest round of funding earned it a valuation of $40 billion.

Smartphone-based ride-hailing services have faced opposition from taxi companies and city regulators almost everywhere they have appeared, from Las Vegas to Cambridge, Mass.

The transport ministry has said it is in favour of a ban on ride-hailing apps, since the online and mobile app-based services are not registered as public transport.

Thousands of taxi drivers in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, stage a rowdy protest against ride-hailing apps including Uber and Grab.

Thousands of taxi drivers and bus drivers showed their anger towards ride-hailing apps including Uber and Grab, blocking traffic and causing major jams.

Lyft, another popular ride-hailing service, cut prices in the Bay Area, too, saying it had been forced to do so in order to stay competitive with Uber. '

So Belardinelli might be well-placed for his next job as head of communications in the UK and Ireland for ride-hailing app Uber.