Not exact matches
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.
They are in New York City, which is Uber's biggest U.S. market and is the rare municipality that has the requisite financial and regulatory muscle to force Uber and Lyft to
operate as a traditional for - hire car service, complete with the
Taxi & Limousine Commission - mandated
driver fingerprinting.
[1] Scull grew his share of the business into his own Super
Operating Corporation, which had 400
drivers, and a roster of 130
taxis, and was later known
as «Scull's Angels».
The tribunal was not persuaded by Uber's defence that it was simply
operating as a technology platform facilitating
taxi rides by allowing self - employed
drivers to offer their services to passengers via the Uber app.