Many major cities don't keep comprehensive data about assaults against passengers—and even FBI-led background checks have limitations.

Taxi drivers in California must submit to fingerprinting for criminal background checks. UberX drivers don’t have to. Yet Uber Technologies advertises itself as “the safest rides on the road ...

After a long, heated fight, in-demand rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft are now free to operate legally in Miami-Dade County.

It’s a no-brainer, unless you’re very tipsy: New Year’s Eve partiers should choose to take a taxi, or they could wind up in a patrol car. The rolling billboard, called Choose Your Ride, is ...

DRIVER BACKGROUND CHECKS. This is where taxi advocates hit Uber hardest, saying that Uber’s checks fail because they do not include fingerprinting of would-be drivers.