Uber Responds to NYC Minimum Pay Rule With Driver Lockouts

Uber has reportedly been locking out drivers from its app during periods of low demand over the past month in response to New York City's minimum pay rule. Lyft is threatening to adopt the same strategy, Bloomberg reported Monday (June 24). Uber said that the lockouts are necessary to limit non-passenger time, per the report. Both Uber and Lyft have blamed each other and the TLC for the lockouts in their communications with drivers, the report said. Uber has encouraged its drivers to lobby regulators for a ...