Between April 29 and June 15, NYC authorities seized 496 cars from Uber drivers taking illegal street hails, mostly at the three airports in the region.
Uber spokesman Matt Wing said that “street hails are not permitted on the Uber platform period. This is a small group of bad actors and the violations add up to less than one hundredth of one percent of our rides over the same time period.”
Airports are the last domestic frontier for Uber, and even in cities where the service is well-ingrained, it faces constant scrutiny. The seizures of Uber cars were part of a larger operation that confiscated a total of 938 for-hire vehicles operating illegally, according to Taxi and Limousine Commission spokesman Allan Fromberg.
“Our officers noted an uptick in illegal activity attributable to licensed for-hire vehicles acting outside their authority,” Fromberg told the Post. “And seizures have a greater deterrent value than summonses alone.”
These small setbacks just don’t seem to add up for the company. The New York Times Magazine reported that the company is reimbursing its drivers who incur fines and tickets in Paris. And in China, it relies on huge driver subsidies to ensure customers are only billed at cost.
Uber will soon face a major test in New York. Mayor Bill de Blasio will appear in court on June 22 to face allegations from four of the city’s largest taxi financiers that the city should not have permitted any passenger pick-ups through an app. They allege that an "e-hail" is synonymous with a traditional street hail, the exclusive domain of yellow cabs.
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At the time of the phone call, Boris was working for the Daily Telegraph in Brussels, after getting the sack from the Times for making up quotes.
6 comments:
I hope Steve Burton is reading this ! That's what you call COMPLIANCE, Governor ! A PROPER COMPLIANCE TEAM, with focus, strength and results !
As for the clown, is Johnson REALLY Prime Minister stuff ? He's got more form than Frankel, and would make the Twins look like Ant & Dec !
I would rather Guy Fawkes got into Parliament than Johnson !
Semtex.
I think Borris will be playing that record THERE MAY BE TROUBLE AHEAD what goes around comes around he xxxxxx the fire service with danegorce he would not think twice at putting London at risk if we ever got called to a job at he's houses and he was inside I'd roll a fag first then put my BA SET ON he's a total prat
Do you remember when this slippery betrayer took over from the last one, and we all thought nobody could be worse than Livingstone ?
You never stop learning in life do you ? Johnson is a nasty, manipulative, spoilt brat, quite used to getting his own way. This isn't the first time he has used the phrase "Fuck off and die". Ask Sam Leith, editor of the Telegraph.
Cunning, dodgy bastard who will stop at nothing in the pathway to the top of his personal goals.
I'm particularly interested in these cracked ribs that him and his Walter Mitty mate, Guppy, deal in. Are they the one's in sauce or the small, salted variety ? I wouldn't mind a portion, if anyone knows where these two bandits dish them out.
Semtex.
the campaign needs to start #borisyoureoneofthem
tweet it out .
drive by in Islington and shout it out to him
Great BBC 1 Watchdog on Uber tonight how long can they ride this storm
Amazing the hacking
No customer service line
Ann Robinson got the line of the night " OH you don't want old people just tech savvy "
Brilliant
It is quite funny the Standard went for Ken Livingstone over a conversation he had with a journalist are they going to hound Boris the same way ???
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