Rideshare Drivers United is an organization of platform drivers that advocates for the interests of rideshare drivers in California. The group has its...

matches passengers with drivers of vehicles for hire that, unlike taxis, cannot legally be hailed from the street. Ridesharing companies were founded after...

mostly from labor groups. Driver groups Rideshare Drivers United, Gig Workers Rising, We Drive Progress, and Mobile Workers United, spoke out against Prop...

government due to federalism. Drivers are normally required to obtain a license from their state of residence. All states of the United States and provinces and...

licensed drivers. In March 2018, taxi drivers protested, blocking roads, demanding the government drop plans to make it easier for ridesharing companies...

in San Francisco, California, and operates in approximately 70 countries and 10,500 cities worldwide. It is the largest ridesharing company worldwide...

drivers for rides and allows users to build a list of their favorite drivers for future bookings. The company is based in San Francisco, California....

over 45 countries. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, it is the second largest ridesharing and taxi app worldwide by downloads. The company was...

and Uber drivers in Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, California, United States led by rideshare advocate group Rideshare Drivers United. The strikes...

booking. Lyft is the second-largest ridesharing company in the United States after Uber. Lyft classifies its drivers as independent contractors, a practice...

Carpooling first became prominent in the United States as a rationing tactic during World War II. Ridesharing began during World War II through “car clubs”...

HopSkipDrive is a ridesharing company that provides service to children and older adults. It has operations in 13 states in the United States. It is mostly...

federal government provided funding for ridesharing and states were allowed to spend their highway funds on rideshare demonstration projects. The 1978 Surface...

Kotlyarenko. The gonzo-style satire follows a social media obsessed rideshare driver played by Joe Keery who, in an attempt to become viral, livestreams...

of murder in the U.S. state of California is defined by sections 187 through 191 of the California Penal Code. The United States Centers for Disease Control...

re-register in California. Butler was also criticized for advising Uber as it lobbied against a 2019 California bill to classify rideshare drivers as employees...

opening one in Nigeria. Rideshare Driver Network App Drivers and Couriers Union Union of Private Hire Drivers Association of Drivers of Digital and Similar...

tax rate.[citation needed] At 7.25%, California has the highest minimum statewide sales tax rate in the United States, which can total up to 10.75% with...

This proposition will define all app-based transportation (rideshare) and delivery drivers as independent contractors for the purposes of labor and wage...

EVgo network, as do ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft. EVgo also partners with Hertz, providing special charging rates to drivers renting any EV model...

quickly launched GEICO as the largest insurance provider for ridesharing company drivers. In 2016, J.D. Power rated the company #20 out of 24 for overall...

been the subject of controversies. Like other ridesharing companies, the company classifies its drivers as gig workers/independent contractors. This has...

occupants (1, 2, or 3 or more). Solo drivers may also use the FasTrak standard tag without the switch. Drivers without any FasTrak tag will be assessed...

the fall of 2012, the California Public Utilities Commission issued a cease and desist letter to Sidecar (along with rideshare companies Lyft and Uber)...

Proposition 22, to exempt both ridesharing and delivery companies from the AB 5 requirements, while also giving drivers some new protections, including...

2012 the total number of taxi cab drivers in the United States is 233,900; the average annual salary of a taxi cab driver is $22,820 and the expected percent...

The California Consumers Legal Remedies Act ("CLRA") is the name for California Civil Code §§ 1750 et seq. The CLRA declares unlawful several "methods...

Capital punishment is not allowed to be carried out in the U.S. state of California, due to both a standing 2006 federal court order against the practice...

Gender Earnings Gap in the Gig Economy: Evidence from Over a Million Rideshare Drivers" (PDF). National Bureau of Economic Research. Retrieved 27 March 2024...

even animals when riding on a public roadway) in the state of California in the United States. The Vehicle Code's "Rules of the Road" generally apply...