Sentences with phrase «on a cab driver»

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It's not just the city's licensed cab drivers who have declared war on UberX.

Despite objections from industry rivals and local governments — who allege that Uber's reliance on non-professional cab drivers to shuttle passengers is both unfair and illegal — public demand for Uber's services is strong and continues to grow.

In London, it has fended off attempts by drivers of the city's famous black cabs to have the app ruled illegal, and transport bosses decided earlier this year not to impose tough new rules on the app.

Their smartphone app Uber lets users summon a black car or cab with a tap on a virtual map and track the driver's ETA.

Imagine how closely anyone will scrutinize the net worths and sophistication of the tens of thousands of cab drivers and convenience store operators who will now become stock speculators on the side.

Prices vary depending on demand, driver availability and a variety of other factors, but rides are generally both affordable and comfortable as compared to a regular cab ride.

Customers became angered after the ride - hailing service did not shutdown service at New York's Kennedy International on Saturday, in solidarity with a work - stoppage called by a cab - driver group.

Soon after, a number of Chicago cab companies jointly sued the company, alleging Uber is in violation of a number of city and state regulations, and that by allowing any cab driver to use its service, Uber is cashing in on established taxi brand names and reputations to further its own business goals.

Its low prices have provoked anger amongst the city's black cab drivers, who have staged several protests on the capital's streets, causing disruption to traffic.

«The cab driver was incredibly knowledgeable about the difference between Virgin and Sky in every feature,» Roberts told reporters on Tuesday.

Uber eliminated the pain point of paying the cab driver at the end of your ride, Shyp fixed the pain point of returning unwanted items to a store, and so on.

Yet more affluent and cosmopolitan Chinese have flocked to Uber's service, attracted by fares that are on average at least 35 percent cheaper than taxis, with the cars generally more luxurious than cabs and drivers who offer free water and are typically more polite.

Drivers for app - based cab aggregators Uber and Ola started an indefinite strike across India on Monday, demanding extra pay as...

When San Diego cab driver BasaalySaeedMoalin was charged with providing material support to terrorists based on surveillance evidence in Dec. 2010, his attorney, Joshua Dratel, tried to get the government's wiretap application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

The stock market was on fire, and stories about cab drivers and shoe - shine boys bragging about the killing they made in the market should have been a warning that things had gone too far.

In Colorado, the Department of Transportation worked with Otto for a number of months evaluating the company's technology and joining on test runs before agreeing to let an Otto semi roll along without a driver in the cab.

Immediately, accusations that the ride - hail company was attempting to profit off protesting cab drivers by making it cheaper for consumers to hail a ride began to crop up on Twitter.

Maybe he did not know you tip cab drivers despite the fact he is on the road all the time.

Johannesburg is a cosmopolitan center, yet one can arrive at Jan Smuts Airport, take a cab the many miles through the suburbs to the business center, and the only uniforms observed will have been on customs officials, bus drivers, doormen, and bellboys.

After a long, strange cab ride in which the driver corrects our pronunciation of «Tabor» (it's supposed to rhyme with «saber»), we end up at Tissa Stein's bakery, where grains like Red Fife wheat, spelt, and hard white spring wheat are milled on site then transformed into flavorful, crusty breads.

Born on Nov. 27, 1929, in Greece, Argea was a cab driver in Las Vegas before trying his hand at caddying.

On the way back to my hotel one night, I ask my cab driver what he thinks of the Americani and their new stadium.

Wilshere has been snapped smoking on a number of occasions, as well as being accused of spitting at a Tottenham - supporting cab driver.

When a cab - driver in Tulsa said recently that soccer to him is «a bunch of queers in short pants, a Communist game, too slow and boring,» he may have been wrong on the first two counts but surely not on the third, at least not in North America.

When Esti had to dip into her weekly spending money and then some, getting up on time seemed like a better alternative than giving up her cash to a cab driver.

We negotiated with our cab driver to hang on to our car seat, and he picked us up at a designated spot and time.

On our past trips to both Mexico and Cuba, we made arrangements with cab drivers to take us into town (we installed the car seats) and then pick us up at a specified time and place.

The cab driver told Orland Park police that when he dropped Zabrodski off near the 9800 block of Cordoba Court shortly before 6:40 a.m. on May 6, Zabrodski said he didn't have money to pay for the ride and ran.

The company and its ride - sharing competitors have been stepping up its efforts to pressure Albany into acting on this issue, receiving some pushback from traditional cab companies who say they want an even playing field for all drivers and disability advocates who worry about access for all riders.

The Buffalo businessman also rejected Gov. David Paterson's effort to link the Park51 controversy to the attack on a Muslim cab driver that occurred in NYC yesterday, saying:

Five years after NYC's green taxis were rolled out, the initiative is running on fumes as more drivers switch to black cars, leaving outer - borough street - hailing riders to choose between ride - sharing apps such as Uber and illegal gypsy cabs.

A 61 - year - old cab driver posted on Facebook early today that city and state politicians were to blame for his financial ruin — then pulled up to the gates of City Hall and shot himself dead with a shotgun, authorities said.

With expanding ride hailing on the docket for a potential special session this month, a consortium of traditional livery and cab companies have launched an anti-Uber digital ad that highlights the crimes committed by drivers.

Following yesterday's attack on a NYC cab driver by a 21 - year - old film student who asked «Are you a Muslim?»

The taxi industry is pushing back, saying in a statement that Uber and Lyft drivers on Long Island and upstate should undergo fingerprint background checks, just like regular taxi cab drivers.

They complained that DMV won't be conducting its own fingerprint background checks on drivers and said local cab companies may no longer be able to afford offering heavily discounted rides to seniors.

Mr. Asiedu Nketia, who was on his way to the Ashanti Regional capital in the company of other party officials, drove into the Daewoo Matiz cab with registration number, BA 2507 - 14, after the driver of the cab riskily crossed into their lane.

Prompted in part by an accident this past November, NYC taxi regulators are combing through data they collect from cabs and car services as they prepare to propose tighter rules governing how long drivers can be on the road.

I'd also put a cap on the fares charged by black cab drivers, which is a complete and utter outrage.

According to the source, the mayor plans to offer displaced carriage drivers free green taxi medallions on the condition that they purchase handicapped - accessible cabs.

NY1 video from the cab procession and memorial service held yesterday for the Bronx livery cab driver who was murdered on Sunday.

There was heavy lobbying on both sides of the issue — with yellow cab drivers who were against the legislation surrounding the Capitol with their cabs and livery drivers who spent hours debating legislators in the halls.

In November 2016, the City Council Women's Caucus rolled out its first - ever «legislative equality package,» which included bills calling for a report on the use of long - acting reversible contraceptives such as intrauterine devices; sexual assault awareness and prevention training for cab drivers; support for a state bill that prohibits employers from asking potential applicants for their salary history; and another state bill that gives domestic violence survivors access to breaking leases.

They include New York officer Ivan Marcano, who was shot in the chest by three men robbing a cab driver when he happened to drive up to the scene on a date with his then - girlfriend.

«32BJ is standing with its allies in the NY Taxi Workers Alliance, which includes Uber drivers, Taxi and Green cab drivers, against the legislation Uber is pushing in Albany to create on - off insurance for app - based car service drivers,» said 32BJ president Hector Figueroa in a statement.

The changes in the law are also aimed at reducing some of the regulatory burdens on the city's cab drivers, like lower fees and allowing cab drivers to pick up multiple parties if their customers consent.

Gov. David Paterson said Tuesday's brutal attack on a Muslim cab driver «is what the terrorists really want.»

Buffalo police are trying to determine where a local cab driver was between the time of his last call to pick up a fare and 7 a.m. when he was found dead in his cab on Norfolk Avenue.

The Clarkstown Police Department is currently investigating a report of an armed robbery of a taxi cab driver which occurred on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at approx 11:20 p.m.. Two parties flagged down a taxi on Union Road in Spring Valley and asked to be taken to Second Avenue in Nanuet.

The city - issued medallions were worth more than $ 1 million on the open market in 2013 just before ride - hailing apps burst on the scene, but now they are worth less than $ 200,000, as more riders and drivers switch from cabs to Uber or Lyft.