taxi drivers
South Korea's Taxi Drivers Keep Setting Themselves On Fire to Protest a New Ridehailing Service
There's a dark side to the on-demand industry.
Uber losers: NYC taxi medallion owners are struggling
Imagine seeing your retirement account balloon to $1.3 million and then crash to $140,000.
The Indonesian Government Wants You to Pay More For Your Uber Ride
Proposed regulations aimed at protecting traditional taxi companies will only raise prices and hurt innovation, according to experts.
What Detroit Cabbies Say It's Really Like to Drive During Movement Festival
The highest highs and lowest lows of the city's annual techno-blowout—from the people who've seen it all.
Four Pissed-off Guys Attacked an Uber Driver in Kenya and Burned His Car
The violent incident is just the latest pushback against Uber's entrance into Nairobi, where taxi drivers have urged the government to ban the company.
I Asked New York Cabbies Who They Were Talking to on the Phone
For many cab drivers, chatting with someone through a Bluetooth isn't just a form of entertainment, it's a way to stay sane.
How Rapper HEEMS Is Helping Cab Drivers Eat
Artist HEEMS is a busy guy, rapping, writing poetry, and currently working on a new television show about his life. But he's recently become an unexpected activist, helping to improve the meals of New York City cab drivers with an unusual source.
Masked Gunmen Abducted and Pistol-Whipped Uber Drivers in Guadalajara
Uber drivers all over the world have come under attack in recent months, but few outbreaks of violence have been as extreme as the one this week in Mexico’s second-largest city.
Chinese Taxi Drivers Drank Pesticide in a Mass Suicide Attempt at a Protest in Beijing
Several Chinese cab drivers protested for the right to renew their taxi licenses by drinking pesticide near a bustling shopping mall in Beijing.
An Uber Driver Left a Woman Stranded on a London Highway at 3 AM on Friday Night
After asking to change her journey, she was kicked out of the car on the side of the road. When she called another Uber driver to come and help, he drove off as well.
Uber Drivers Are Revolting Against Their Shitty Bosses
More than 100 furious hacks surrounded Uber's offices in New York this week to protest the company's unfair policies toward its drivers. The good news is that the free market is on their side.
To Be Raped or to Become a Prostitute in Beirut
Foreign domestic workers in Beirut often have to choose between sexual abuse where they work or escaping and being swept into prostitution.