A new e-scooter service has been launched in the Brooklyn area. The company, Unagi Scooters, is offering a subscription-based model for customers that’s different than the traditional ridesharing options. The service officially launched on March 17 and is available in all five boroughs of New York City, Long Island, Westchester, and eastern New Jersey.
An Uber driver in Massachusetts was arrested on kidnapping charges after allegedly trapping a woman inside his vehicle on Thursday, March 18, 2021.
The incident occurred in Brighton, around 8:30 p.m., near 1139 Commonwealth Avenue. Kamal Essalak, 47, of Acton, was later arrested on Saturday, March 20, near 7323 Avalon Drive. He is expected to be arraigned today in Brighton District Court.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Department of Transportation about its collection of real-time data on e-scooter riders and other micromobility users.
In response to the UK Supreme Court’s ruling in February, Uber is reclassifying its 70,000 UK drivers from independent contractors to workers. The ruling determined that Uber drivers are not independent contractors because their activities are “very tightly defined and controlled by Uber.”
Nearly one thousand drivers for the rideshare app Via are claiming they were falsely promised big earnings. Now, the drivers have taken the dispute to court.