Uber
Basics
The Broken Promises of the Rideshare Revolution
Uber, Lyft and their brethren promised to revolutionize mobility forever. Instead, they just exaggerated the worst aspects of car culture.
March 2, 2020
Fees On Rideshare Help Fund Boston Sidewalks
January 27, 2020
Trump Administration Keeps Hands Off Self-Driving Cars
At the annual Las Vegas tech geek fest on Wednesday, USDOT Secretary Elaine Chao refused to put a leash on driverless car technology.
January 8, 2020
Federal Government Doing Nothing On AVs
Right now, Big Auto is developing technologies that will affect every single person in this country — and the federal government is sitting on its hands.
November 26, 2019
A Key Lens for Lori Lightfoot’s Ride-Hail Tax Plan
November 22, 2019
SEE IT! We Talk to Mayor Lightfoot — On the Bus!
November 20, 2019
Garçon! D.C. Requires Curb Reservations for Deliveries
Cities need to treat curb space like restaurants treat its prime tables.
November 14, 2019
Report: Uber’s Software Flaws Led to Fatal Crash
The self-driving Uber car that killed an Arizona woman in March 2018 was not programmed to identify pedestrians outside of a crosswalk and lacked software that could have spared her life, a federal safety agency said.
November 7, 2019
All Hail! Gov’t Workers Using Uber Way Too Much
Government workers are turning to Uber and Lyft on business trips, with a 922-percent increase in spending last year, newly released records from the General Services Administratiaon show. At the same time, workers are using less transit.
October 28, 2019
House Transport Chair Rips Uber, Lyft
This hearing takes on a topic that is already having far-reaching implications on transportation and mobility in our country. It should also serve also a wake-up call to the companies that have flooded our roadways with disruptive technologies and investor capital that their days of operating with little public policy and regulatory oversight in the transportation space are coming to an end.
October 18, 2019
