Not exact matches
One of the first to market was San Francisco — based Uber,
which lets users virtually
hail available
cab and limo drivers with the touch of a button, via their phone's GPS.
Earlier this month, Business Standard reported that Ola was accused of commercial espionage by a local Sri Lankan
cab -
hailing firm PickMe,
which runs the largest
cab service in the island nation.
ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd,
which operates
cab -
hailing service Ola, is in talks with new and existing investors to raise $ 600 million...
Into this breach stepped / was pushed AM Micah Kellner, who offered as a kind of minor Great Compromise his Access - for - All bill
which would mandate expanded accessibility for yellow
cabs and livery
cabs, and would allow for a greatly - reduced 6,000 livery street
hail medallions.
The new outer - borough
cabs,
which would be equipped with meters, lights and GPS systems, would be allowed to pick up street
hails outside of Manhattan and the airports, but would not be allowed to provide dispatch services.
CAB SAFETY — «Proposed NYC Law Would Create A Public Database Of Ride -
Hail Sexual Assault Reports,» by Buzzfeed News» Charlie Warzel: «New York City Council Member Dan Garodnick will introduce a bill [Thursday] to create a public record of all sexual assault and harassment incidents that happen inside vehicles operated by New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission - licensed companies and owners (
which include Uber, Lyft, and other ride -
hail services).
The bill,
which Gov. Andrew Cuomo has not said whether he will sign, would allow outer - borough New Yorkers to
hail livery
cabs on the street.
To address the surge in Uber and other ride -
hail - app services, they also proposed adding per - mile and per - minute surcharges to fares for
cabs and other for - hire vehicles in Manhattan south of 96th Street,
which was intended to improve traffic flow in heavily congested business areas.
A lot of the passengers
which might have used a pre-booked minicab probably choose to
hail a Black
Cab, because it is faster.
Black taxi drivers» gripes with Uber include the fact that the
cab -
hailing company,
which connects passengers with drivers via a smartphone app, appears to ply for hire by having available cars visible on the app and operates a metred pay system,
which are both banned for private hire vehicles.
The
cab -
hailing app,
which has been banned from operating in several cities around the world, is also facing legal action in the UK over allegations that it mistreats its drivers by failing to ensure they earn minimum wage or take adequate holiday.