SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) -- Uber has adopted a tactic with its drivers that parents use on misbehaving children: timeouts. Uber drivers who turn down ride requests risk having their workday paused as Uber ...

Reporting from San Francisco — Uber pitched its carpooling service as a way for passengers to save cash. But for drivers, UberPool felt like a raw deal because taking on extra passengers didn’t mean ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting from Europe, Jeff McMahon covers the environment. New carpool options that have debuted nationwide this summer may ...

WageWorks and Uber came up with a clever way to save commuters money—on Uncle Sam’s dime—by letting commuters pay for UberPool rides using pre-tax funds from their commuter accounts. The program ...

Apps Curb and Via have teamed up to create a discounted yellow cab ride-share option for New Yorkers. The Curb-Via partnership’s yellow cab carpool service has been in effect since Tuesday morning and ...

Uber announced this morning a series of under-the-hood changes to its ride-sharing service UberPool in Manhattan, with the goal of improving its matching algorithms, as well as its pickup and dropoff ...

Here’s a great deal: Uber and Gilt City are teaming up to offer a packages of unlimited uberPOOL rides in New York City. The deal is being called a “commute card” and can only be used Monday through ...

Uber drivers aren’t big fans of UberPool, according to CNN Money. If drivers turn down UberPool rides they take a chance of being shut out of the system from anywhere between 4 and 15 minutes. These ...

For as long as there have been rideshare services in Chicago, commuters have asked, “is this really saving me money compared with the CTA”? Or at least they should ask that. Well, according to a study ...

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The explosive growth of Uber and Lyft has created a new traffic problem for major U.S. cities and ride-sharing options such as UberPool and Lyft Line are exacerbating the issue by appealing directly ...