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NYC Taxi Commission Nixes Cab-Hailing Apps

Posted by Soulskill on from the taking-cues-from-the-music-industry dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Uber is a company that creates apps to connect taxi and limo drivers with potential passengers. They've been rapidly expanding their service to cities across the country, but they're now getting pushback from New York City. This week the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission issued a public notice saying, 'A driver must not use any electronic communication device (PDF), including a cell phone or smartphone running a hail or payment app, while operating a taxicab.' The commission says its current contractual obligations forbid the use of such technology."

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  1. Uber is awesome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I use it all the time in DC. I probably use it more because of the fact the DC government doesn't like it.

  2. Re:"while operating a taxicab" by MichaelSmith · · Score: 5, Interesting

    No I think this is about who controls the allocation of taxis. Somebody has to pay for their call center. Can't have it replaced but a couple of thousand lines of code.

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