Sentences with phrase «for taxi companies»

The startup has built what it calls an «all - in - one solution for taxi companies».

Upstate communities are able to impose the same regulations they already have for taxi companies that provide service there, he said.

The Plattsburgh Common Council has imposed a new maximum rate limit for taxi companies licensed to operate in the City of Plattsburgh.

For Cusco and the Sacred Valley we were recommended the driver, Freddy Guzman, who works for a taxi company based in Cusco (084 312512).

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At least in the case of ridesharing companies, these background checks don't always meet the rigor of checks required for taxi drivers in certain areas.

In addition to calling into question the effectiveness of the checks taxi companies use, Uber has also argued that the fingerprinting requirement is too onerous and may make it harder for the company to keep up a steady stream of new drivers.

Taxi companies now generally allow customers to book and pay for rides through an app.

«So even as innovation is producing wonderful things for consumers — you know, mobile phones instead of pay phones, email instead of snail mail, taxis at the press of a button — what you also see is that companies now have much higher odds of dying and dying suddenly,» says Vedantam.

The change marks yet another victory for the company in conquering what the New York Times in May referred to as the «last frontier» for the ridesharing company: airports, which have remained a stronghold for the taxi industry.

Blade added that Colony will be helping to identify future potential landing sites for eVTOLs, or flying taxis, which both companies see as an important foundation for future transportation initiatives.

The company is working now to gain approval for the pilot program with hopes of eventually expanding the number of taxis involved to the thousands.

While the company's primary mission is to deploy a self - driving taxi fleet service, it also works with major automakers and suppliers to help these companies develop and build autonomous features for their cars.

Neither of those convictions would have kept the driver from working for Uber since the company only bans drivers for felonies that have taken place within the past seven years, a stricter criteria than the one used to grant a taxi license in the state of Illinois.

For its part, the mayor's office says that it views Uber and Lyft as fundamentally technology companies that shouldn't be regulated like taxi companies.

Toronto city lawyers are arguing for an injunction that would shut Uber down, at least until it receives the necessary approvals to operate as a taxi company.

Just last week, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigned from the president's Economic Advisory Council, after users criticized the ride - sharing company for allegedly exploiting a taxi protest against a temporary immigrant ban and for Kalanick's relationship with Trump.

Founded in 2009, the company has become the platonic ideal of a successful tech startup and has replaced the taxi cab for many consumers.

Geoffrey Crothall of China Labor Bulletin said the news media's focus on ride - hailing apps obscured the main complaint of the Chinese taxi drivers: that rapacious fleet companies charge onerous rental fees that leave drivers with little to show for their work.

The company charges a premium for its convenience, though, with fares costing 50 percent to 75 percent more than a conventional taxi, he said.

In France, India and Kenya, for instance, taxi companies and workers attacked new Uber drivers.

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As the Country Head of Singapore for Grab, Lim took Grab from being unheard of a few years ago, to having more drivers on the platform than all of Singapore's taxi companies combined.

Mexico City has imposed rules and fees for ride - sharing companies Uber and Cabify, following an uproar from taxi drivers.

The taxi - hailing company has been told it will lose its private hire licence, after Transport for London cited public safety and security concerns.

Customers wielded the hashtag against the company for trying to profit during a protest against Trump's Muslim ban that included a strike by New York City's taxi union.

Creating possible competition for ridesharing companies such as Uber, for example, Nissan and DeNA are planning a test run of a self - driving taxi service — dubbed Easy Ride — in Japan.

People accused the company of trying to profit off the backs of the taxi drivers by taking advantage of the demand for rides.

GrabTaxi, however, functions as a third - party app for booking taxi rides, allowing riders to connect with taxi drivers from various companies while operating within local taxi regulations.

Maybe Müller and Schweinsteiger were once good enough to keep Jaffar Khan company while he was waiting for a taxi.

That's why — in order to help out and also to build up some good publicity and set itself apart from competitors — one taxi company in Japan started a special maternity taxi service for pregnant women, and it's proved so popular that now a ton of companies in different cities are doing it, too.

It also allowed them to call an emergency taxi when they are going into labor, which allows them to get priority in the company's «people waiting for taxis» line.

20,000 people reportedly signed up for the service in its first year, and it was so successful that other Tokyo taxi companies started doing it, too.

The panel would establish a separate surcharge on taxis and for - hire companies like Uber and Lyft, but it left the details on that politically fraught topic for another day.

Uber is not on - board with enforcing a surcharge and a spokeswoman for the company told the Times that there is already an «unfair fee system» where Uber customers pay more in sales tax than taxi riders do.

Five of the six recommendations for making those early mass transit improvements rely in whole or in part on New York City: overhauling the city's parking placard system, which de Blasio has expanded; improving traffic enforcement in New York City, which his NYPD controls; reforming the city system that governs taxis and for - hire companies like Uber; assessing the impact of bus congestion on the central business district; and identifying transit improvements in the outer boroughs.

Asked for comment, Uber spokesman Matt Wing referred POLITICO New York to a letter the company sent Mayor Bill de Blasio in August noting that Uber's black cars are actually subject to a higher sales tax than the yellow taxi surcharge.

At a Common Council meeting last month, Plattsburgh City Taxi owner Perry Buck said that an increase in the maximum fare is necessary for the company to keep up with minimum wage increases.

The taxi company with exclusive rights to pick up fares at Buffalo Niagara International Airport pays the airport's operator a fee for every passenger who gets off a plane there, regardless of whether they take a taxi.

As he learns more about Uber's decision to undermine a taxi worker protest against the Muslim ban, we hope Gov. Cuomo will join New Yorkers in condemning Uber's behavior as well,» said Dustin Jones of United for Equal Access New York in a statement released by a consortium of taxi companies opposed to the ride hailing expansion.

Now it may be the case that Ahlam Jaoui of her parents» house in Bay Ridge, who is signed up to find work as a trade show brand ambassador, who is willing to pose wearing a hijab and say that she wants to drive a taxi, and whose LinkedIn profile lists her as still working for an out - of - business investment company, is also a well - positioned power broker who can convince lawyers and business owners in Westchester and New Jersey to contribute thousands of dollars to Mayor de Blasio's re-election campaign.

Six months after Uber and Lyft hit city streets, Buffalo cab companies are renewing calls for the city to treat the taxi industry and new ride - hailing services the same.

A group of upstate taxi and livery companies is pushing for ride - hailing drivers to be fingerprinted.

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.

Last month, dozens of taxi drivers held a rally at the governor's office in Manhattan urging him to oppose legislation to create special rules for ride - sharing companies.

David Plouffe, a former aide to Barack Obama now working for the ride - sharing company, has claimed de Blasio is simply thwarting its progress because he received campaign contributions from taxi medallion owners, who have warily watched the number of Uber drivers eclipse their own ranks.

The county is also going to continue to work with the taxi and limousine companies already licensed in Westchester to ease their regulatory burdens so there is a level playing field for all types of for - hire transportation.

The Committee for Taxi Safety sent letters dated Monday to Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone to enact tougher local standards on ride - sharing companies to improve safety to passengers that are required under the state law, according to copies of the letters provided to Newsday.

The Upstate Transportation Association, which represents taxi companies, spent $ 10,000 over the same period; the Black Car Fund spent $ 25,000 on lobbyists; the Committee for Taxi Safety spent $ 53,000; the Taxicab Service Association spent $ 16,000 and the Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade spent $ 16,taxi companies, spent $ 10,000 over the same period; the Black Car Fund spent $ 25,000 on lobbyists; the Committee for Taxi Safety spent $ 53,000; the Taxicab Service Association spent $ 16,000 and the Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade spent $ 16,Taxi Safety spent $ 53,000; the Taxicab Service Association spent $ 16,000 and the Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade spent $ 16,000.

PLATTSBURGH The owner of a local taxi company requested last week that the Common Council increase Plattsburgh's fare limit for cabs operating in city limits.

Ride - sharing companies can currently operate in New York City under an arrangement with the city's powerful regulator, the Taxi & Limousine Commission, that treats them like traditional for - hire car companies rather than full ride - sharing platforms built in part on casual drivers.