Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown met for more than an hour with local taxi cab company leaders and attorneys Tuesday afternoon. (news.wbfo.org)
He says the ride sharing companies should perhaps be required to help pay for the upkeep of roads and bridges, in an arrangement similar to New York City, where taxi cab companies pay a fee towards public transit. (nynow.wmht.org)
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said Uber will create an element of competition in a marketplace dominated by taxi cab companies. (wrvo.org)