Uber competitor Lyft says it will no longer force victims of sexual assault into arbitration. Related: Uber will no longer force victims of sexual assault into arbitrationThere is no publicly available data for the number of sexual assaults by Uber, Lyft, or other rideshare companies. As part of its investigation, CNN also contacted more than 20 police departments to obtain data on complaints that involved Uber and Lyft drivers and sexual assault. Four police departments — Austin, Boston, Denver and Los Angeles — tracked crimes involving rideshare drivers and shared their data on sexual assault complaints. However, the numbers suggest that there may be many more overall incidents of sexual assault than the cases found in the investigation.

Source: CNN May 15, 2018 19:05 UTC