Seattleites have yet another way to get around town thanks to technology. San Francisco-based startup Scoop just launched its carpooling service in Seattle this week, bringing another transportation option to… Read More
Independent films aren’t the only things that’ll be previewed at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah this week: Airbus Group and Uber Technologies are launching a pilot project that offers on-demand… Read More
Seattle has been on the leading edge of many of the cultural shifts transforming our nation for nearly a quarter century – from the music we listen to, to the… Read More
Uber and Lyft will be able to return to Portland under a new set of proposed regulations unveiled by the city’s Private For-Hire Innovation Task Force today. The 12-person task… Read More
Uber announced today that the company has been conducting a review of its safety policies over the past month, and plans to roll out a number of changes to improve… Read More
Just a few months ago, it would have been hard to fathom a business partnership between Uber and Seattle’s for-hire taxi companies. Now, though, that’s become reality. Uber on Friday… Read More
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is not pleased with the Seattle City Council’s current moves toward regulating Uber and other ride-sharing companies. On a conference call about his company’s decision to… Read More
About 900 people currently drive for uberX in Seattle, and the number of active drivers “regularly exceeds” 300 at any given moment, Uber said today — predicting longer wait times… Read More
We’ve been covering a lot of stories lately at the intersection of technology and politics, including the recent legislation impacting Tesla’s expansion in Washington state, and the ongoing debate over… Read More
A Seattle City Council committee will delay a scheduled vote on one of the key elements in proposed regulations for ride-sharing companies such as Uber, Lyft and Sidecar. In a message… Read More
A new ordinance from Seattle’s City Council Committee for Taxi, For-hire, and Limousine Regulations proposes to cap the number of Lyft, Sidecar and UberX drivers while increasing the number of taxicabs… Read More