Pete Pachal was Mashable’s Tech Editor and had been at the company from 2011 to 2019. He covered the technology industry, from self-driving cars to self-destructing smartphones.Pete has covered ...

DETROIT — The latest variation of an Uber ride will require a short walk. In eight U.S. cities, the ride-hailing company is rolling out a service called “Express Pool,” which links riders in the same ...

After 20 minutes of my Uber driver circling around an office complex at 6 a.m., I knew I had made a mistake. I was on the way to LaGuardia airport to catch an early flight, and I had chosen to take a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Could Lyft bring back pool rides during the COVID-19 pandemic? Shared rides can save consumers money, but the ABC 7 I-Team is finding that the idea of bringing them back right now is ...

For UberX riders willing to ride with others, there's some ride-hailing credit up for grabs. To encourage more shared rides on Uber's ride-hailing app, your request for a solo UberX ride could be a ...

If you’re a regular Uber user, you know the feeling. You request your UberPool, cross your fingers, and pray to the gods above that you end up alone in the car share. Unfortunately, those rides are ...

Uber is enhancing its Pool system in an effort to shorten routes and lower fares for passengers who are willing to walk a little to a pick-up spot and to their final destination The ride-sharing ...

Lyft's cheapest ride option, shared rides, is back, the company announced Thursday. The service returns on Monday in Chicago, Denver, and Philadelphia, with more cities to come. Uber loses too much ...

Uber is testing Pool Chance, a feature that lets riders heading in the same direction share the cost of the journey, in Kenya, with plans to roll out the low-cost service to Ghana and Nigeria.