Ride-hailing app Curb, which offers licensed taxi and for-hire rides across North America, has partnered with Uber to allow Curb-connected drivers to receive trip requests from Uber users, according to a Thursday (March 24) joint press release. The collaboration, which will launch in New York...
With gas prices rising to new heights in the U.S. and other parts of the world, Uber is debuting a “temporary fuel surcharge” to help offset the costs, the company announced in a blog post Friday (March 11). The surcharge will start on March 16,...
Business travel is returning, and in some ways it’s looking different than it did before the pandemic. For one thing, more of this travel is taking people to and from the workplace. “The number of companies paying for commuter programs and actually paying to get...
India’s central bank says the country’s largest carpooling and bike pooling app is operating an unauthorized prepaid wallet. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued its warning Tuesday about sRide, which the bank says is operating a “semi-closed prepaid instrument” — its wallet — without...
Earnings season is prime time to take stock — literally, because stocks react quickly to earnings — of corporate strategies, of the varying approaches companies take as they seek to grow their customer bases and, of course, their top lines. For platform firms, the strategies...
Consumer ridesharing spending around the world is expected to be over $937 billion by 2026, according to a Juniper Research press release. The study, Ride Sharing: Value Chain Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts 2012-2026, found that is equivalent to 50 times the combined yearly revenue...
Secure identity company Clear and Uber have partnered to integrate Uber’s ride-hailing platform into Clear’s Home to Gate feature to offer a more predictable air travel experience, according to a Tuesday (Dec. 14) press release. Clear app users can use the integration to determine when...
The U.K. High Court has ruled that Uber’s ride-hailing business model is illegal, TechCrunch reported Monday (Dec. 6), reigniting the debate about London’s view on private vehicle contracts and raising questions about how Uber and ride hailing companies can operate and how much they’ll pay...
Regulators in China have imposed new rules for the country’s ride-hailing sector, a development that puts additional pressure on Didi, the industry’s leader. As the Financial Times reported on Tuesday (Nov. 30), the new regulations include limits on the dispatch fees companies can earn, while...
