Uber just celebrated its two-billionth trip in a 147-way tie, according to CEO Travis Kalanick, who shared the information in a Monday post on Facebook. Each of the drivers and riders who began their trip at 4:16 a.m. GMT on Saturday, June 18, got a $450 gift from Uber — the number is significant because Uber now operates in 450 cities across the globe, Kalanick said. The company’s growth trajectory is impressive. It took five years for Uber to notch its first billion, the CEO noted, but just another six months to hit the 2-billion ride mark.
"Local officials in Austin, Texas, essentially blocked the major ride-sharing services from operating there."
This is a complete misstatement of the facts in Austin regarding Uber. All ride-sharing firms are free to operate in Austin, TX. Uber/Lyft unilaterally pulled out after losing a referendum that they initiated to prevent the City of Austin from implementing ride-share regulations, including fingerprinting for drivers, to be commensurate with the rest of the local taxi industry. There was no blocking by Austin, and Uber/Lyft spend a multiple of what the fingerprinting would have cost them on election marketing.
So please quit distorting the truth, and stop believing everything that Uber releases, because Uber lies left and right and is not a truthful source of information.
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Uber by the Billions
Posted by: David Jones July 20, 2016 07:00 AMUber just celebrated its two-billionth trip in a 147-way tie, according to CEO Travis Kalanick, who shared the information in a Monday post on Facebook. Each of the drivers and riders who began their trip at 4:16 a.m. GMT on Saturday, June 18, got a $450 gift from Uber — the number is significant because Uber now operates in 450 cities across the globe, Kalanick said. The company’s growth trajectory is impressive. It took five years for Uber to notch its first billion, the CEO noted, but just another six months to hit the 2-billion ride mark.
This is a complete misstatement of the facts in Austin regarding Uber. All ride-sharing firms are free to operate in Austin, TX. Uber/Lyft unilaterally pulled out after losing a referendum that they initiated to prevent the City of Austin from implementing ride-share regulations, including fingerprinting for drivers, to be commensurate with the rest of the local taxi industry. There was no blocking by Austin, and Uber/Lyft spend a multiple of what the fingerprinting would have cost them on election marketing.
So please quit distorting the truth, and stop believing everything that Uber releases, because Uber lies left and right and is not a truthful source of information.