Editor’s Note: Last year, Uber ran a pilot program called Uber for Health in four U.S. cities, making flu care packages and the option to receive a flu shot available on-demand through the Uber platform. We…

A hundred years ago, one in every seven people lived in a city. Today that number is one in two. By 2050, another two and a half billion people will have moved to or been born in urban centers — making up two thirds of the…

Every day in the United States 30 people are killed in car crashes that involve a drunk driver. That’s one person every 51 minutes. It’s estimated that two-thirds of American drivers will be…

Earlier today we published a paper on the future of mobility in Spain. The full paper in English is pasted below.

THE SMARTPHONE REVOLUTION: BETTER TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK

We’re sharing an article by Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, previously published in the Pacific Standard as part of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences’ Project on The Future of Work and Workers.

Editor’s Note: Today, Uber Chief Advisor and Board Member @DavidPlouffe gave remarks and participated in a discussion with Vox’s @EzraKlein at the Washington, DC, tech incubator @1776. David’s remarks focused on the economic activity generated on and by the Uber platform, what…

Last month we signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Municipality of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. That agreement outlined a new partnership between the city authorities and Uber to work together to launch a ridesharing pilot. Today, we launched that pilot…

When I joined Uber last spring, my first priority was to keep building a world-class Global Safety & Security Team worthy of the trust riders and drivers put in us each day to help them move safely…