Tag: Uber

Uber, Lyft Drivers Join Nationwide Strike

SAN FRANCISCO—Bay Area Uber, Lyft, and drivers for other ride-hailing companies gathered in San Francisco and shut down their apps as part of a...

Residents Could Face New Driving Fee

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco’s County Board of Transportation Authority are considering charging fees to drivers who drive downtown to avoid traffic congestion in the region. According...

Private High School Bans Rideshare Services

SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco private high school, Urban High School is currently trying to ensure the safety of its students by banning rideshare services...

Victim Of Bike Attack Speaks About The Incident

SAN FRANCISCO—The victim of a bike attack which took place on Wednesday, March 8, disclosed details about the incident to news reporters on Monday,...

Sexual Harassment Claim Made Against Uber Employee

SAN FRANCISCO—Travis Kalanick, the CEO of Uber launched a time sensitive investigation on Sunday, February 19 after an employee complained about being sexually harassed...

Uber Hires NASA Veteran To Design Flying Cars

SAN FRANCISCO—Uber will be teaming up with NASA expert Mark Moore to devise the construction of its latest proposal: 'flying cars.' The project, called Vertical...

Uber Hires NASA Engineer To Aid Flying Car Development

UNITED STATES—In 2010, a paper outlining the possibility of electric air crafts that would act as smaller, quieter helicopters was published by an advanced...

MIT Calculates A Way To Reduce City Traffic

SAN FRANCISCO—MIT believes they may have found a solution for city traffic jams nationwide. A 2015 study ranked San Francisco the number three in...

Uber Driver Shot At Through Car Window

SAN FRANCISCO—A 24 year-old Uber driver was followed and shot at through his car window by a man on foot on Saturday, December 24. The window was...

Uber Suspends Self-Driving Cars, Mistakes Reported

SAN FRANCISCO—The online public transportation network Uber Technologies Inc. was ordered by the state of California to remove its self-driving cars from the streets...