Revenue of $3.8 billion, with growth accelerating to 30% year-over-year, or 31% on a constant currency basis Record Rides Adjusted EBITDA of $631 million, fully covering our Corporate G&A and Platform R&D SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. “Our results … [Read more...]
My Response To Uber Wanting To Identify Drunk Passengers
Patent Application By The Ride Sharing Company Is A Dumb Idea By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger So Uber is pursuing a patent application that will help it identify drunk passengers. That's just great. Let me just state publicly here that Uber, I'll either be drunk when I get into an Uber or I'm on my way to getting drunk. I'm hardly alone. That's … [Read more...]
Key West Taxi Drivers Succesfully Fighting Uber
Ride-Sharing Services Illegal In The Conch Republic City hall was packed and as heated as a July afternoon on Duval Street. And for now, the taxi drivers have won the battle against Uber in Key West. The Key West City Commission held a meeting in mid June on the subject and with some 200 cabbies, residents and business owners packed into the building, changed … [Read more...]
Two Things To Know About Uber & Lyft Picking Up Passengers At LAX
Los Angeles Airport Allowing Ride Sharing Pickups & Dropoffs Los Angeles International Airport is the USA's largest airport to allow ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft to pick up passengers. But here's two things to know about it, and one is good while the other mirrors the same situation with the cabs. The drivers must pick up people from the upper … [Read more...]
Don’t Look For Uber Rides On The Las Vegas Strip
Taxis Control Transportation To The Casinos & Clubs If you're in an impossibly long taxi line at a Las Vegas casino and think you can bypass it by calling up your Uber app, forget it. Uber is illegal in Las Vegas. And you won't get one along the Strip. The taxi companies are too dominant. And too much of a presence in Vegas to be undermined by this driver … [Read more...]