Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown met for more than an hour with
local taxi cab company leaders and attorneys Tuesday afternoon.
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.
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said Uber will create an element of competition in a marketplace dominated
by taxi cab companies.
Buffalo Common Councilman Joe Golombek agreed that the playing field favors ridesharing companies and said he «completely understands» where
the taxi cab companies are coming from.
Taxi cabs companies are a form of «common carriers» under Florida law, like buses or trains.
Florida Statute 324.032 requires
the taxi cab company to keep a personal injury insurance policy to protect passengers in the event of a crash.
These parties can include the taxi driver, the driver's employer,
the taxi cab company, or even a combination of these in some situations.
In this case, it would likely be the agency representing
the taxi cab company itself.
Yet another gay couple is launching a human rights case against
a taxi cab company whose employee tried to force the couple out of his cab on a busy expressway after the couple shared a kiss in the back seat of their cab.