NYC picks Uber Tech app to e-hail yellow cabs
Apr 27, 2013, 2:55 AM
NEW YORK (AP) – People don’t have to use their hands to hail New York City cabs anymore _ now there’s an app for that.
Taxi and Limousine Commissioner David Yassky said Friday that Uber Technologies Inc. has been selected to make e-hailing services available to people looking for cabs. He says Uber will facilitate the e-hails in a one-year pilot program.
Yassky says several other companies are seeking city approval to provide e-hailing services.
A judge Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed mainly by livery cab owners, allowing a city plan to experiment with the e-hailing system to see whether it leads to a dearth of cabs or other problems.
Car service owners say e-hailing unfairly blurs a legal line between yellow and livery cabs, which are barred from picking up passengers on streets and depend on prearranged rides.
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