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Transport for London announces their intention to consult on an expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone to cover almost all of Greater London beginning on 23 August 2023.
2022-05-20

A Dutch court rules that Uber drivers are entitled to the same employee benefits afforded to taxi drivers. The court also orders the company to pay a €50,000 fine for damages.
2021-09-13

Transport for London announces the closure of 40 train stations, including London Waterloo station and the Hammersmith & City line.
2020-03-19

Transport for London announces it will not grant a new license to operate to Uber, citing safety failures. The company will appeal.
2019-11-25

Uber reaches an out-of-court settlement with the victim's family.
2018-03-28

Toyota pulls all its self-driving cars off U.S. roads in the wake of a fatal accident involving an Uber vehicle.
2018-03-20

A woman in Tempe, Arizona, dies after being hit by a self-driving car operated by Uber, in what appears to be the first death of a pedestrian struck by an autonomous vehicle on public roads. In response to the fatal accident, Uber suspends self-driving car tests in all U.S. cities as well as Toronto.
2018-03-19

Uber suspends tests of its self-driving cars in San Francisco, California, after the California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the registration of the vehicles in the state in response to two red-light violations.
2016-12-21

The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia invests $3.5 billion in Uber. It is the largest single investment the company has ever received as of that date.
2016-06-1

Kalamazoo County, Michigan, authorities say last evening's shooting spree resulted in six deaths with two others seriously wounded. Each victim was shot multiple times. Police acknowledge that an earlier report that a 14-year-old girl died is incorrect; she is alive, but "severely, gravely" injured. The suspect, a 45-year-old man who is an Uber driver without a prior criminal record, was taken into custody without a struggle.
2016-02-21