WCVB reports the Dorchester man gave the teen a ride with no problems, but is charged with raping her several days later after connecting with her over Snapchat.
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By adamg - 8/1/16 - 8:55 am
The Boston Business Journal reports state legislators reached accord late last night on a bill that would not bar ride-hailing services from the two locations but would add a 20-cent fee to every ride for a new state office to oversee the services and ensure riders go through background checks. Lawmakers rejected a bid by taxi operators to make ride-hailing drivers also get fingerprinted.
By adamg - 7/6/16 - 1:27 pm
A ride from Methuen to Norwood early on July 2 turned into a nightmare for a first-time Uber rider who had to fend off inappropriate questions that turned into groping, State Police charge.
State Police say a woman arranged for a ride around 5 a.m. to take her to a friend's house in Norwood: Read more.
By adamg - 4/30/16 - 11:04 am
Boston.com's Alison Pohle reports on an incident in one guy's Uberized Honda Element.
Uber at first told her the driver would receive "coaching opportunities" on how not to make women passengers feel like they're about to be raped, then, after her story went up, announced he was no longer an Uber driver.
By adamg - 4/1/16 - 7:20 am
The Globe reports on an order issued by a federal judge yesterday that gives the city six months to revise its car-for-hire rules - and that if it wants to continue treating services such as Uber and Lyft differently, it it better be prepared to show some really good reasons.
By adamg - 2/23/16 - 2:26 pm
A judge sentenced Abderrahim Dakiri, 34, of East Boston, to two years of probation after finding him guilty of assault and battery for a 2015 incident involving a passenger in his Uber car, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
By adamg - 2/23/16 - 7:56 am
All 6,000 of them under a new Boston Police regulation. What about Uber and Lyft drivers? They're not cabbies, so exempt from any BPD regulations, but the Globe reports legislation on Beacon Hill would require those drivers to get fingerprinted as well.
By adamg - 9/22/15 - 11:11 am
It's a thing.
I've lost sleep trying to figure out what cost me 0.1 #uber pic.twitter.com/sh7UzWhn8d
— Erin Cushing (@eccushing) September 22, 2015
By adamg - 9/15/15 - 9:23 am
Boston Magazine braces us for today's State House hearing on regulating ride-hailing service such as Uber and Lyft.
By adamg - 9/9/15 - 11:54 am
Arlington Police report they are looking for the occupants of an SUV who apparently reacted to verbal abuse from passengers in an Uber car by shooting out the car's rear windshield with a BB gun.
Police say the action started around midnight in the rear seat of an Uber driver's 2007 Saturn Vue: Read more.
By adamg - 4/24/15 - 12:47 pm
WBUR reports Gov. Baker has submitted legislation that would require both background checks and minimum insurance levels for people who drive for services such as Uber and Lyft.
By adamg - 4/2/15 - 5:06 pm
A Suffolk County grand jury today indicted Michael Doherty, 41, of South Boston on assault-and-battery and civil-rights charges for an incident in January in which he allegedly used a racial epithet while attacking an Uber driver he claimed had brought him to the wrong address.
Police Commissioner William Evans said he has suspended Doherty without pay:
By adamg - 3/16/15 - 7:05 am
As she waited at 1 a.m. today in this long cab line at Logan, Rachael Ringenberg wondered:
Totally makes sense not to encourage Uber here??
By adamg - 3/4/15 - 7:42 am
Mary Moore writes she had actually been proud to have never taken an Uber car.
My patience ended this morning, when I stood on the street for 20 minutes in temperatures that hovered in the teens, waiting for a taxi that I'd ordered the night before.
By adamg - 2/9/15 - 3:44 pm
Boston Police report arresting an Uber driver they say indecently assaulted a passenger after he dropped off three of her friends early Sunday.
According to police:
By JohnAKeith - 1/23/15 - 2:58 pm
According to a new study (warning, PDF) released by Uber, yesterday, its Boston drivers - of which it estimates there are now 10,000 - are earning an average of $19 per hour, ~33-percent more than area taxi drivers and chauffeurs.
The study came under immediate criticism because its research was co-conducted in-house by John Hall, Uber Technologies' "Head of Policy Research", so, yeah, he had a conflict of interest. He has a doctorate from Harvard University, though, so there's that.
By adamg - 1/20/15 - 9:01 am
Heavily regulated Boston cab owners last week filed a federal lawsuit against city and state regulators they charge have put them at a competitive disadvantage by letting Uber, Lyft and similar concerns steal their business.
In their lawsuit, filed in US District Court, the Boston Taxi Owners Association and two individual medallion owners charge the city is ruining their investments in expensive medallions by letting ride-share or "transportation network companies" pick up passengers for hire without any similar investment.
Allegedly ragey Boston cop now also faces civil-rights charges; was tracked through his Uber records
By adamg - 1/5/15 - 3:25 pm
An off-duty Boston cop charged with beating an Uber driver was arraigned today on two counts of assault and battery, violating the civil rights of the driver and a man who came to his aid, assault and use of a motor vehicle without authority, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
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