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Under Pressure: Uber’s Navigation System Endangers the Public With Reckless Driving Directions
An Uber driver made an illegal u-turn and hit someone, but the in-app navigation told him to do it and the company won't give up the code.
Sophia Lebowitz
October 5, 2025
SPUR Talk: Transportation Challenges for Downtown Tech Companies
The San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), hosted a lunchtime talk in downtown San Francisco today, with representatives from Salesforce and Airbnb, about how the companies help employees commute between work and home. Unlike tech giants based outside of downtown San Francisco, neither company makes heavy use of private buses--so-called Tech Shuttles--and instead depends on public transit such as BART, buses and Caltrain.
August 11, 2016