Sentences with phrase «taxi companies do»

He also said he's not surprised the vehicles fill a niche in the city that established taxi companies don't.

Not exact matches

While it's true that Uber has done a pitiful job of engaging the governments in charge of regulating local taxi regimes — by and large, that's been a key part of the company's strategy — it's time Uber learned to play nice with the cities it hopes to conquer.

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.

Silicon Valley, not content with changing how retailers, taxi companies and hotels do business, is taking its disruptive ways into outer space.

Last month, the federal government released guidelines to regulate online taxi companies, saying they should do stringent security checks and not contract anyone convicted of a «cognizable offense» under India's criminal laws.

The official Denver report on the Democrats» largesse four years ago includes testimonials from small business entrepreneurs, including a taxi company that reported a 42 % increase in business over comparable weeks, and a shuttle bus company that did 60 % more business than usual.

Though Judge Chen didn't appear to fully buy into the argument, it does stay in line with Uber's long - standing claims that it's not a taxi company, merely a «technology platform» enabling drivers and passengers to connect.

And the public was ready to pounce: Just 24 hours after Fowler published her post, the Twitter hashtag #DeleteUber had generated almost 5 million more impressions than it did during the weekend of January 27, when masses of people started using it to protest the company's response to a New York taxi strike and CEO Travis Kalanick's (soon to be short - lived) participation in President Donald Trump's tech advisory committee.

Uber is challenging those rules because it doesn't consider itself a taxi company, but Australia is one of many countries who believe the services provided by Uber are no different to to those of taxis.

It did have a short - lived benefit in January when more than 200,000 people deleted their Uber accounts, because many unfairly accused the company of attempting to profit off the backs of taxi drivers protesting President Donald Trump's travel ban.

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.

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.

Heastie didn't rule out changes to reach an agreement, as expanding the services upstate is being opposed by taxi companies that face stiff competition from apps offered by Lyft or Uber.

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.

Cab company owners say if local municipalities can not regulate ride - hailing as they do the taxi industry, the state law should at least have requirements that DMV conduct driver background checks, including fingerprinting.

The governor did not weigh in on a move by the ride - hailing company Uber to remove surge pricing at JFK on Saturday night amid a solidarity strike by taxi workers, saying he didn't have all the facts.

And Uber does not give money to taxi companies in the false hope that they will come around to seeing the virtues of greater competition with Uber.

The company has also faced legal battles overseas in places like Germany, where courts went after Uber because drivers don't have the required permits or insurance taxi drivers are supposed to have.

«Say «Ok Google» to get stuff done, like calling a taxi, sending a text, making a restaurant reservation or setting an alarm,» Sunder Pichai revealed in a company blog post.

It's funny — before I did the Google search I had her bedding in a pet taxi and I kept thinking «someone needs to make a divider so some of the cage can be a bed and some can be a potty»... and look — your company already came up with the idea, just in time for our new puppy.

If you do not wish to hire a rent a car from Palm Cove or from Cairns airport, the local bus company Sunbus runs a service every hour into Cairns city that costs approximately $ 6.50 each way and you can then catch a taxi from Cairns city to the Cairns airport.

I am so sorry to hear about the poor experience with the taxi company, i would like to inform you that unfortunately we do not manage the them and your feedback is very important to us so we can investigate and follow up in order to avoid unpleasant situations for our customers.

It does not mean that the card company will cover the costs if you need to hire a third party, such as a translator or taxi.

Be careful with these kinds of taxi companies as they mostly do try to rip you off.

And even if they don't drop their prices, perhaps local taxi commissions will take a leaf from the car sharing book and incorporate more convenient technology into the hailing process — which black car companies are starting to do.

A full complement of rental car companies is available at the airport, and if you don't want the hassle of driving, taxi service is also an option.

While some employees work out of a central location, the vast majority of a taxi company's employees will be drivers who do not work from an office.

I have covered that elsewhere, but remember, regulated taxis companies are prevented from gouging fares during peak periods, something Uber does gleefully and to the huzzahs of certain commentators.

Immediately after our injuries time was precious and it did not seem reasonable for us to call our insurance company and wait for them to call the people that were standing right in front of us to arrange a taxi.

Lastly and most importantly, avoid drinking and driving at all costs — if you're out having a few drinks, make sure you have the number for the local taxi company so you don't need to get behind the wheel.

It doesn't matter whether your business uses construction vehicles, busses, taxis, vans, or pick - up trucks, if the vehicle is owned by your company, it must be covered by commercial vehicle insurance.

While the San Francisco - based ride - hailing giant has been putting smaller taxi companies out of business across the globe, it often did so amidst allegations of unfair competition that have been made by both its competitors and regulators.

even though you choose to do whatever as a taxi driver, the main thing here is the customers make... helps the company to get more business and keep us drivers moving.