rideshare driver

Chicago can be a difficult place to be a rideshare driver with the high gas prices, traffic and a recent spike in carjackings. Now, one group is making sure drivers get some help. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

An 18-year-old man was charged with the March 2021 carjacking and murder of a Chicago rideshare driver, according to a news release issued Friday from the U.S Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois.

A Chicago City Council committee will vote Wednesday morning on a new ordinance that would cap “surge pricing” fees, charged by rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft during times where demand is higher than usual.

The family and friends of an Uber driver killed during a carjacking in Chicago are demanding new safety protocols from the company. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

Following the sexual assault and kidnapping of an Uber driver in the Chicago area, other rideshare drivers have called for added safety measures. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

In response to the sexual assault and kidnapping of an Uber driver in Chicago’s southwest suburbs, fearful rideshare drivers have called on companies to implement a number of safety changes. Drivers told NBC 5 they’re aware taking each trip is a risk, but believe more protections are necessary. “As a female, it makes it really hard,” said Felicia Gills,...

A ride share driver was beaten and carjacked Wednesday in Englewood after asking his passengers not to eat in his vehicle.

A rideshare driver’s vehicle was stolen at gunpoint by two armed men Sunday evening in the Douglas neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, police confirmed. At approximately 6:55 p.m. in the 3100 block of South Giles, a rideshare driver was operating his vehicle when two unknown male offenders approached the car on both sides, officers stated. Both victims produced guns...

A rideshare driver was robbed by four people Saturday evening in suburban Naperville after he met with one of the individuals who didn’t pay for a previous ride, police said. The incident was reported at approximately 8:30 p.m. in the 100 block of Testa Drive. While the driver was talking to the first suspect, three additional suspects approached on foot,…

Authorities are searching for two women who were caught on camera drugging a tourist at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood before they allegedly robbed him at a Dania Beach hotel.

The Cook County state’s attorney’s office said Wednesday a suspect picked up one of the victims in his bogus Uber at Chicago and Franklin last December.

A rideshare driver was charged with assault after authorities said she pointed a gun at two passengers during an argument in her car on Chicago’s North Side early Friday.

A rideshare driver’s car and another vehicle were hit by gunfire early Saturday on the Stevenson Expressway.

A rideshare driver was shot in the leg while driving in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood Tuesday evening, police confirmed.

A north suburban man charged with sexually assaulting two women he picked up while posing as a rideshare driver was denied bond Tuesday, accord to the Skokie Police Department.