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A friend texted me about a frightening (and long) Uber ride he took.  He was attempting to get from DC to his place in Virginia–a place actually walking distance from the border with DC. Surge pricing was out, and he used the app to snag an Uber to get home. He watched …

When I was a teenager, I was taking a flight out of the country when my parents weren’t home.  They arranged for a car to pick me up and take me to the airport. When the car showed up, the man driving got out of the car quickly and exclaimed …

I’ve had this strange bug happen when I’ve taken an Uber ride a few times now.  I get home.  Open my phone.  And I see $0.00 on my screen. Later, I get emailed a receipt for $0.00.  The receipt does not show any credit getting me a free ride (and …

California state Sen. Ben Hueso, whose brothers own taxi companies, was caught driving the wrong way down a one -way street while drunk mere hours after voting for a “bill placing heavy restrictions on the drivers of ride-sharing service startups Uber and Lyft.” From the Daily Caller: “Hueso, a Democrat who …

View from the Wing reported that Lyft was offering free rides for people living in its new cities for two weeks. From April 24th to May 8th, people in their new cities could sign up for Lyft and get two weeks free.  Since the promotion runs for two weeks, I …

I’ve been using UberX a lot lately and have been asked repeatedly by people, “Aren’t you scared of getting into a stranger’s car?”  UberX is a car service where you use your smart phone to tell someone–driving their regular car–where you are.  It ends up being a bit cheaper than a …

It can be a pain in the neck to get from Baltimore-Washington Airport to the Washington, DC metro area.  Maryland’s regional trains (MARC) run on weekdays only, and the Amtrak trains can be pretty spaced out.  There’s a shuttle to the metro, but that adds a lot of time to …