Uber is being examined by US and foreign tax authorities, the company confirmed on Tuesday, saying it could face charges in key markets including the UK, The Guardian, Forbes and Bloomberg report. The news, contained in a regulatory filing and first reported by Bloomberg, is a new blow to the company. Uber has lost about […]
Investigative reporter Brian M. Rosenthal and his team from the New York Times have spent over 10 months, interviewed 450 people, built a database of every medallion sale since 1995 and reviewed thousands of individual loans and other documents, including internal bank records and confidential profit-sharing agreements. The investigation found example after example of drivers […]
After the medallion market collapsed, Mayor Bill de Blasio opted not to fund a bailout, and earlier this year, the City Council speaker, Corey Johnson, shut down the committee overseeing the taxi industry, saying it had completed most of its work. Over 10 months, The Times interviewed 450 people, built a database of every medallion […]
The investigations come after The New York Times found that thousands of drivers were crushed under debt they could not repay. The New York attorney general’s office said Monday it had opened an inquiry into more than a decade of lending practices that left thousands of immigrant taxi drivers in crushing debt, while Mayor Bill […]
Kapten, the French ride-hailing app backed by Daimler and BMW, has launched in London, coupled with a feisty ad campaign taking a swipe at Uber’s tax arrangements. It follows Kapten (formerly called ‘Chauffeur Privé’) obtaining a license from TfL, London’s transport regulator, to operate its private-hire vehicle (PHV) service in the U.K. capital city. The […]
Karhoo announced a ground-breaking partnership with SNCF Mobilités bringing door-to-door transport services to travellers across France. Karhoo has created an innovative new platform which enables travellers on SNCF’s high-speed trains to book first and last mile journeys by taxi or private hire vehicle. The service called “Mon Chauffeur” can be accessed through the OUI.sncf app […]
The specialised Dutch software and IT-company Pitane Mobility recently concluded two cooperation agreements with Karhoo and HERE. “Karhoo works slightly differently from many of his rivals such as Uber. It provides a platform for taxi companies to offer fares in the app so that users can choose the provider that suits their needs. For the […]
On Sunday, May 19, The New York Times published a scathing investigative series on the financial crisis for yellow cab owner drivers that profiled NYTWA members Mohammed Hoque and Mohammad Hossain. On the same day, The New York Daily News published a story on how Uber and Lyft have destroyed incomes for yellow cab drivers. NYTWA Executive Director Bhairavi Desai said, “We’ve […]
While Uber and Argentine officials argue over whether the company is an app or a transportation company, drivers suffer fines, violence, and instability. Most Porteños, or residents of Buenos Aires, know the drill when it comes to hailing an Uber. Change the payment method to cash on the app, memorize the driver’s license plate number, […]
On a desolate block of Long Island City sits a vacant warehouse, its entrances padlocked and doorbell defused. A FedEx tag for an undelivered package, dated 5/23, has been stuck to a barred doorway for at least 11 months. Visible through filthy second-floor windows is a small sign that reads simply The Black Car Fund. Created […]
