Uber Technologies, Inc.

Uber Technologies, Inc. is an transportation network company.

• Context:
  • It can deliver a Uber Transportation Service to an Uber Customers (service demand).
  • It can contract with an Uber Drivers (service supply).
  • It can manage an Uber Marketplace (for UberX, ...)
  • It can employee Uber Employees [1].
  • It can have an Uber Big Data Platform, Uber Machine Learning Platform, ...
  • It can be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Rasier, LLC.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Lyft Company, Didi Kuaidi Company, Ola Company.
  • Flywheel Company, Yellow Cab Company.
  • Zip Car Company.
• See: Taxicab Operation.

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References

2015a

• (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber_(company) Retrieved:2015-1-30.
  • Uber is an app-based transportation network and taxi company headquartered in San Francisco, California, which operates in cities in many countries. The company uses a smartphone application to receive ride requests and then sends these trip requests to their drivers. Customers use the app to request rides and track their reserved vehicle's location. As of 16 December 2014, the service was available in 53 countries and more than 200 cities worldwide and was valued at more than US$40 billion. Since Uber's launch, several other companies have emulated its business model, a trend that has come to be referred to as "Uberification". Upon its inception, Uber offered only full-size luxury cars for hire and the "UberBlack" title was adopted for the company's main service (named after the "black cars" private transportation services in New York City). In 2012 the company launched its "UberX" program, which expanded the service to any qualified driver with an acceptable vehicle. Partly due to a lack of regulation, Uber can charge lower fees than some traditional taxi services. Uber is the subject of ongoing protests from taxi drivers, taxi companies, and governments, who believe that it is an illegal taxicab operation that engages in unfair business practices and compromises passenger safety. As of December 2014, protests had been staged in Germany, India, Spain, France, and England, among other nations, while incidents involving passengers have been documented. In December 2014, Uber was banned in Spain and two cities in India; it continues to be involved in disputes with several governmental bodies, including those of the U.S. and Australia.

2015b

• https://www.uber.com/about
  • QUOTE: Uber is evolving the way the world moves. By seamlessly connecting riders to drivers through our apps, we make cities more accessible, opening up more possibilities for riders and more business for drivers. From our founding in 2009 to our launches in over 200 cities today, Uber's rapidly expanding global presence continues to bring people and their cities closer.

2015c

• https://www.uber.com/legal/usa/terms
  • QUOTE: ... The Services constitute a technology platform that enables users of Uber's mobile applications or websites provided as part of the Services (each, an “Application") to arrange and schedule transportation and/or logistics services with third party providers of such services, including independent third party transportation providers and third party logistics providers under agreement with Uber ...

2014

• https://www.portlandoregon.gov/transportation/article/511928
  • QUOTE: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation ... This is an action by the City of Portland against Uber Technologies, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Rasier, LLC (hereafter collectively “Uber”) for declaratory relief, injunctive relief and statutory violations for Uber’s failure to comply with the City of Portland’s Private For-Hire Transportation Regulations found in Chapter 16.40 of the Portland City Code and accompanying Administrative Rules.

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