Uber C.E.O. Aims to Win Back London
After the meeting, Mr. Khosrowshahi tweeted a picture of himself with more than a dozen
smiling Uber drivers, writing, “Determined to make things right in this great city!”
Great meetings in London, including w some of the drivers who rely on our app.
It is a sign of the importance of the London ban that, even with Uber’s board meeting
set to take place, Mr. Khosrowshahi flew here to meet with the authorities.
Even as the ride-hailing company’s board grappled with internal divisions
and a major investment hung in the balance, the company’s new chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi, flew to the British capital, its biggest European market, to hold talks with the city’s transport chief on Tuesday.
Uber and Transport for London, which oversees much of the city’s public transport system, issued separate brief
statements after the meeting between Mr. Khosrowshahi and Mike Brown, London’s transport commissioner.
Both described the talks as “constructive” and said they would have further discussions in “the coming weeks.”
Mr. Khosrowshahi visited London as the company he was chosen to lead just weeks ago continued to grapple with a new set of issues.