Sentences with phrase «vehicles for hire»

Co-founded with Garrett Camp in 2009, Uber is a mobile application that connects passengers with drivers of vehicles for hire and ridesharing services.

So if the number of fossil fuel burning vehicles for hire on London's streets is increasing — and DfT data appears to suggest it is (unless there's been a massively underreported influx of all - electric Teslas for private hire)-- that growth must be having a negative impact on London's air quality.

The city of Houston enforces its own laws and regulations that pertain to «vehicles for hire.»

car sharing, public transit, telecommuting and living near, where you work, bike sharing, autonomous electric vehicles for hire.

Sports vehicles for hire include the Mazda MX5 and Saab 93.

All taxis, minibuses and vehicles for hire can be identified by the registration number beginning with H.

This is restricted to accidents on common carriers (air, water, and land vehicles for hire; not rental cars, etc..)

Also provide golf and utility vehicles for hire / Sale.

Police raided the Hong Kong offices of taxi - hailing service Uber on Tuesday and arrested five drivers for the «illegal use of vehicles for hire», police said.

The greater problem is this: whether or not services like Uber are legal, your personal insurance policy and Class 5 license prohibit the use of your vehicle for hire — and your car lease most likely bans it as well.

Not exact matches

Taxi services, also known as vehicle - for - hire transportation, are under particularly stiff regulations.

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Last month, a bill that would cap the number of for - hire vehicles given permits — including the cars of people who drive for Uber and Lyft — was defeated after vocal protests by Uber drivers and its supporters.

Feinberg, who most recently advised on compensation issues related to the Boston Marathon bombing, was hired by GM as a consultant to advise the automaker how to respond to families of accident victims whose vehicles are being recalled for possible ignition switch defects.

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The district's city council passed Public Vehicle - for - Hire Innovation Amendment Act late in 2012 to allow and regulate what the law referred to as «digital dispatch» companies including Uber, ending a long ban.

Musk last year hired chip design legend Jim Keller, who had been at AMD (amd) for years, sparking speculation that the electric carmaker would go that route to enhance the self - driving capability of future vehicles.

In his written judgement Ouseley concluded that, «A taximeter, for the purposes of Section 11 of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998, is not a device which receives GPS signals in the course of a journey, and forwards GPS data to a server located outside of the vehicle, which calculates a fare that is partially or wholly determined by reference to distance travelled and time taken, and sends the fare information back to the device.»

You need to buy supplies, pay for equipment, lease a building or a fleet of vehicles, and perhaps hire employees or a sales staff.

Ride - sharing service Uber's app is mocking New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's push of reducing on - demand for - hire vehicles in the city in a bid to reduce traffic snarls.

Uber hosted a «jobs event» for prospective and current drivers to showcase how many New York residents» jobs would be cut if the vehicle cut were to take effect, and also ran TV ads, bought banner ads on websites, sent out direct mailers to constituents of City Council members who are proponents of the proposed legislation, and even reportedly tried to persuade the Rev. Al Sharpton to oppose the for - hire - vehicle cap.

This summer, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a bill requiring for - hire vehicle companies that have bases with 500 cars or more — which includes Uber — to increase their number of vehicles by only 1 % every year.

2.4 Direct ICBC to consult with stakeholders in developing an insurance product suitable for part - time and flexible vehicle - for - hire work and is applicable to both the taxi and ride - hailing industries.

1.4 Taxi Industry: The current medallion (vehicle - for - hire licenses) system for taxies intentionally builds supply - scarcity into the market.

Google just hired a man who's worked in the automotive industry for 25 years, John Krafcik, to lead the company's self - driving vehicle project as Google Auto's CEO.

Instead, the ride - hailing giant would be involved in car design and would coordinate the entire system, making the vehicles available for ride - hailing or short - term hire.

Given the amount of data Uber will collect as a result of offering multiple ways of getting around town, the company plans to work with Washington, D.C.'s departments of transportation and Department of For - Hire vehicles, as well as SharedStreets, a nonprofit driven project that aims to facilitate data sharing around transportation in cities.

Omnitracs pioneered the fleet telematics industry over 25 years ago and continues to serve over 2,500 private and for - hire fleet customers and more than 270,000 vehicles throughout North American and Latin America.

With ground transportation — like TNCs, taxis, limos, and other rides - for - hire — that means ensuring public safety by ensuring that the vehicle is safe, the driver is safe, the consumer is safe, and the traffic rules are followed.»

When service is requested at a place so distant from the evaluator's headquarters that a total of one - half hour or more is required for the evaluator (s) to travel to such place and back to the headquarters or at a place of prior assignment on circuitous routing requiring a total of one - half hour or more to travel to the next place of assignment on the circuitous routing, the charge for such service shall include a mileage charge administratively determined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and travel tolls, if applicable, or such travel prorated among all the applicants and certifying agents furnished the service involved on an equitable basis or, when the travel is made by public transportation (including hired vehicles), a fee equal to the actual cost thereof.

The BoostApak by Trunki is hand - luggage approved for air travel, and eliminates the need to hire a car seat when renting a vehicle on holiday.

It would not charge regular vehicles to enter into the central business zone in Manhattan or impose bridge tolls, but add a $ 2.75 - per - trip charge on for - hire vehicles like Uber, Lyft, black cars and limousines for any trips that originate or terminate below 96th St. in Manhattan.

De Blasio said that customers of Uber and other for - hire vehicles should pay a fee toward the transit system, as traditional taxis do.

The NYC Council's new For - Hire Vehicle Committee met for the first time, and heard testimony from several people advocating for a cap on the number of livery drivers in the Big AppFor - Hire Vehicle Committee met for the first time, and heard testimony from several people advocating for a cap on the number of livery drivers in the Big Appfor the first time, and heard testimony from several people advocating for a cap on the number of livery drivers in the Big Appfor a cap on the number of livery drivers in the Big Apple.

Though Rodriguez kept the Transportation Committee chair, with oversight over public transit and city DOT matters, he was livid that he lost power over for - hire vehicles, Council sources said.

For - hire vehicles including app - based services such as Uber would also have to pay a surcharge — a proposal that got mixed reviews from Queens pols whose borough is home to the city's largest share of cabbies.

As a result, Governor Andrew Cuomo's state task force, Fix NYC, is exploring the possibility of effecting a new per - ride fee on all for - hire vehicles that make trips to Manhattan, reports the New York Times.

Assembly Democrats, holding a special meeting Sunday night, said lawmakers also are considering a new surcharge on «for hire vehicles» traveling below 96th Street in Manhattan, but not impose it elsewhere.

The revenue from the tolls and for - hire vehicle surcharges would go to the MTA for the subways, and «for transit improvements in the outer boroughs or suburban counties, including bus systems,» said the report, which laid out a three - phase plan.

Taxi cabs, for - hire and ride - sharing vehicles like Uber and Lyft would be charged between $ 2 and $ 5 per ride, while trucks and commercial vehicles would be charged $ 25.34, according to the proposal.

Cuomo appeared to waffle on parts of the plan on Saturday, dodging questions about the proposal's affect on ordinary drivers and instead stressing the charging of for - hire vehicles.

Cabs and for - hire vehicles operating in Manhattan would shoulder the responsibility of funding fixes for the MTA and other statewide transportation needs under a congestion pricing plan put forth by the New York State Assembly on Monday.

Under the Fix NYC panel's recommendations, fees would kick in for personal vehicles at 60th Street, while taxis and for - hire vehicles could see surcharges implemented at 96th Street.

The paper of record reports that under the proposal, vehicles driving in Manhattan below 60th Street will be subject to a charge: $ 11.52 for cars, between $ 2 and $ 5 for taxis or other for - hire vehicles, and $ 25.34 for trucks.

Fees for private vehicles would be implemented at 60th Street, while taxis and for - hire vehicles — using GPS technology that would need to be installed — could see surcharges go into effect higher in Manhattan, at 96th Street.

«We support instituting a fee on for - hire vehicles as an immediate revenue source to help fund the MTA and get trains moving on time,» spokesman Seth Stein said.

Recommendations include charging trucks a one - way fee of as much as $ 25.34 and taxis and for - hire vehicles a surcharge between $ 2 and $ 5 per ride, according to the source.

Phase Two, starting in 2019, would impose a congestion surcharge on taxis and for - hire vehicles, relying on new, in - vehicle GPS equipment that would monitor the vehicles» entry into a cordon at either 60th Street or 96th Street.

Those fees for private vehicles would be implemented at 60th Street, while taxis and for - hire vehicles could see surcharges take effect higher in Manhattan, at 96th Street.

The proposal says the plan could be rolled out in waves, with fees on taxis and for - hire vehicles being implemented by next year with trucks and cars to follow in 2020.