Uber is confronting a deeply troubling reality. Between 2017 and 2022, riders reported incidents of sexual assault or misconduct approximately every eight minutes, totaling more than 400,000 cases in the U.S. alone. Read more about Uber’s growing assault problem inside.
If you’ve used Uber before, you may have had an experience where it didn’t feel totally safe. I know I have.
(Rolling Out) — If you are black and live in New York, or plan to travel there, you may not be able to catch a cab. After another cab driver was shot and killed in New York by a minority, the spokesperson for the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers urged drivers to racially […]
(Washington Examiner) — District taxicab drivers frustrated with Mayor Adrian Fenty’s authority over their industry are taking their fight to Congress. Drivers have sent 1,000 petitions to Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., asking him to explain a provision he inserted into the 2006 District Omnibus Budget Authorization, which mandated a transition from a zone to a […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — In Oct. 27, 2008, a Lombard cop, chasing a speeder, was making a U-turn on Finley Road at 16th Street when another car broadsided his police cruiser. The cop went to the hospital. And his 2008 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor was such a wreck that, even with just 25,602 miles […]