Business Uber pretended its drivers were contractors, and now it owes New Jersey $650m in employment tax Cory Doctorow
class war Uber general counsel threatens California: pass a law that makes drivers into employees and we'll spend $60m on a ballot initiative to overturn it Cory Doctorow
class war Rideshare companies' effort to kill California employment bill is failing miserably Cory Doctorow
Business Now that Uber and Lyft are public, their inevitable financial collapse is much clearer Cory Doctorow
Business The empirical impact of Lyft and Uber on cities: congestion (especially downtown, especially during "surges"), overworked drivers Cory Doctorow
privacy New York City's new rideshare regs put Big Brother in backseat, give GPS tracking a whole new meaning Albert Fox Cahn
new york city Realtor claims Uber and Lyft erode the premium homebuyers pay for good public transit links Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Libretaxi: a free, open, cash-only alternative to Uber, for the rest of the world Cory Doctorow