By Carolyn Said – This article was originally published in the SFGate. To read the full article, click here. California regulators told Uber, Lyft and Sidecar that their new carpool options…
By Carolyn Said For San Francisco riders, on-demand services Uber, Lyft and Sidecar consistently arrive much more quickly than taxis, according to a new study from UC Berkeley researchers. That single…
By Ben Knight The online car-sharing service Uber has vowed to continue operating across Germany after its mobile app was banned by a Frankfurt regional court. The ruling that the…
By Eric Jaffe It’s become a given that ride services like Uber et al are disrupting city mobility, but for all the digital ink spilled over that trend, we don’t…
By Farhad Manjoo Today, like every weekday, about three-quarters of the nation’s adult workers — more than 100 million Americans — drove to work alone. It was ever thus: Americans, it seems,…

By Farhad Manjoo With a near record-setting investment announced last week, the ride-sharing service Uber is the hottest, most valuable technology start-up on the planet. It is also one of the most…