Sentences with phrase «taxi industry»

Different groups such as taxi industry associations and labor unions still oppose ride - hailing services moving into upstate areas and cities.

Let's also remember that she supported congestion pricing and the advent of the green taxi industry.

While those «steps» were not spelled out, Mr. Rodriguez has a long history of going to bat for the traditional yellow taxi industry.

On Wednesday, after he spoke to reporters in Manhattan, Cuomo's remarks circulated in the seventh - floor conference room of the Legislative Office Building in Albany, where Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, a Kingston Democrat who chairs the chamber's insurance committee, had convened a forum of taxi industry types.

In this edition of the CB Elevator Pitch, editor James Cowan looks at the long - standing rivalry of Lyft and Uber, the two major services competing to eclipse the traditional taxi industry with distributed fleets managed by smartphone apps.

A2B will be the first blockchain - based platform for taxi industry in 46 European cities.

Speaking to the Observer in May, however, Council Transportation Committee Chairman Ydanis Rodriguez said one of his primary concerns was the deflating price of medallions, and held a summit with taxi industry leaders to discuss the cap in April.

Ultimately its probably pressure from hospitality industry just like pushback on Uber from taxi industry, etc..

Uber has created real disruption in the staid taxi industry by providing a wildly popular app that, among other things, allows drivers to charge users for rides outside the taxi licensing system.

Yesterday, under pressure from the car - hail company and its political allies, de Blasio delayed for at least four months a plan to temporarily cap Uber's growth so the city could figure out a way to regulate the rapidly changing taxi industry.

They don't disrupt the global taxi industry, as Uber founding CEO Travis Kalanick did.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Following widespread reports of a Medicaid taxi industry run amok, a local nonprofit has proposed a possible solution:

ELIZABETHTOWN — Following widespread reports of a Medicaid taxi industry run amok, a local nonprofit has proposed a possible solution: more

Earlier Wednesday, Uber unveiled two new television ads accusing Mayor Bill de Blasio of prioritizing the yellow taxi industry over Uber drivers, and accusing him of wanting to kill thousands of jobs.

Developed research project on local taxi industry, to gather quantitative data on hours worked, wages earned and compare if they were up standard with Florida labor laws.

Henry Greenacre, general manager for Australia and New Zealand at Uber, says there's competition from local firm GoCatch and the mature taxi industry.

To achieve its tremendous market share, dominating ride - hailing with seeming monopoly power, Uber has flouted laws, tangled with governments, and invited the ire of the weakened taxi industry.

Uber, which allows users to summon a ride through an app on their smartphones, has roiled the traditional taxi industry since it launched in Europe in 2011, triggering protests and clashes with local authorities.

On - demand ride - sharing apps have rocked the established taxi industry worldwide by bringing new technology to consumers that are eager for accessible, affordable alternatives.

THE WA taxi industry is in need of sweeping reforms, according to an independent review undertaken by BSD Consultants.

Also at 9 a.m., NYC - based taxi drivers and base owners will join community leaders and advocates to hold a morning vigil that will raise awareness about the Taxi and Limousine Commission's «excessive fees, entrapment, abusive enforcement and other unfair practices that are wreaking havoc to the NYC taxi industry,» City Hall steps, Manhattan.

In April, he showed up at the Manhattan bar mitzvah for the son of a major taxi industry financier.

A second bill, introduced by Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who chairs the transportation committee, would require a study to determine how the city has been impacted by the growth of the for - hire taxi industry.

Leaders of the Nassau taxi industry have pushed back by raising concerns about passenger safety.

Uber objected to the cap, saying de Blasio and the City Council were doing the bidding of the yellow cab taxi industry, which has been among the politicians» largest donors.

Shorris added that the city and «transportation stakeholders» will review the entire taxi industry with an eye toward «revenue for public transit, consumer protections, driver and employee protections, and accessibility for people with disabilities.»

It's a widespread taxi industry practice that benefits a small number of veteran drivers, but it strands too many intoxicated people when Austin's bars and clubs close, and without rides, intoxicated people can make very bad choices — like driving while intoxicated.

Taxi industry threatens legal action over Philippine government rules for ride - sharing services, Reuters

(If you were to ask Uber and its defenders, however, they would probably tell you that regulators are in the pockets of a deeply entrenched taxi industry.)

State lawmakers have come under heavy lobbying from taxi industry associations and companies who oppose allowing Uber and Lyft to expand Upstate and compete with them.

While the Internet has pummeled the middlemen in many industries — decimating travel agents, stomping stock - trading fees, cracking open the heavily regulated taxi industry — the average commission paid to real estate agents has gone up slightly since 2005, according to Real Trends.

Some, like Uber, have worked outside the traditional taxi industry, often to the consternation of transit authorities and unions.

In the intervening six years, Uber was busy dismantling the global taxi industry, brawling with regulators and politicians, fending off employment lawsuits, exploring self - driving car technologies, and raising billions of dollars.

However, the City of Vancouver has placed a moratorium on new cabs and Uber until this October, with some councillors voicing concerns about passenger safety and protecting the local taxi industry.

Queens Rep. Joseph Crowley wants de Blasio to step in to help the struggling yellow taxi industry and its lenders, saying new app - based car services like Uber have led to a big drop in value of the yellow cab medallions.

He looks at future changes through the lens of car ownership rather than disruption of the taxi industry: Uber might own a fleet of cars and hire full - time drivers; Lyft will continue to rely on part - time drivers using their own vehicles.

Uber is an obvious example where you want to disrupt the taxi industry once all the drivers have mobile phones and the phones have GPS.»

The taxi industry would disagree with that.

Uber tussles with the legacy black car and taxi industry in almost every city it enters.

By finding a broken business model in the taxi industry, ridesharing apps like Lyft have flourished.

The change marks yet another victory for the company in conquering what the New York Times in May referred to as the «last frontier» for the ridesharing company: airports, which have remained a stronghold for the taxi industry.

Plate cost is a good indicator of the local supply's relative sufficiency, says Dan Hara, whose Ottawa - based economics firm tracks the taxi industry.

I've started other companies that have touched on the taxi industry in Canada.

«The company has certainly thrown the taxi industry into disarray: Isn't that «disruptive» enough?»

When the taxi industry turns into Uber, when delivery companies turn into GrubHub, when music sharing turns into iTunes, that's when everyone sits back and says, «Thank goodness someone asked the question, «Why?»».

(Think Airbnb and Uber, which have re-envisioned the hotel and taxi industries, respectively.)

Smartphones, cheap sensors, and cloud computing have enabled a raft of new Internet - connected services that are infiltrating the most tech - averse industries — Uber is roiling the taxi industry; Airbnb is disrupting hotels.