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Uber Under Attack
Uber car impounded, driver ticketed in city sting The Washington Post - (Washington D.C.) By Mike DeBonis The D.C. Taxicab Commission is wasting no time showing Uber, the hybrid taxi-limousine service, who’s boss. An Uber car was impounded and its driver was ticketed this morning as part of a sting operation, said the commission chairman, Ron Linton. The action comes two days after Linton said in a commission meeting that he considered the service to be operating illegally. Uber Über Alles? Washington City Paper - (Washington D.C.) Posted by Shani Hilton on Jan. 13, 2012 at 4:51 pm At DCist, Benjamin R. Freed has a good rundown on this morning's sting on a Virginia limo driver who has a contract with Uber, the new car-booking service that connects riders with drivers. Ron Linton, the D.C. Taxicab Commission says Uber's acting illegally, and used the service to book a limousine; once he arrived at the Mayflower, where he had agents waiting, he ordered the car impounded and the driver fined for two violations. One, Virginia drivers can't pick up passengers in D.C. unless they're taking them to Virginia, and two, limos are supposed to charge a fare set in advance—not a fee based on distance traveled. Battle Brewing Between Uber And DC Taxi Commission Washingtonian - (Washington D.C.) The chauffeured-car service’s CEO, Travis Kalanick, gives us an exclusive update on the conflict. By Carol Ross Joynt The drama is heightening between the upstart luxury livery service Uber, which is trying to make inroads in Washington, and the DC Taxicab Commission. The San Francisco–based Uber began service here last month. This week, the District’s taxi commission accused the service of “being illegal.” One of Uber’s cars was impounded and the driver ticketed this morning for not having insurance, according to CEO Travis Kalanick, who says the driver “did have insurance. We don’t know why he got ticketed.” After Stinging Uber, Linton Says He Just Had to Regulate DCist - (Washington D.C.) D.C. Taxicab Commission Chairman Ron Linton was quite the publicity hound Friday, following up his statement earlier last week that Uber, the high-end livery service, was operating illegally with a sting operation that left a driver with a hefty fine and Uber with some new business to discuss with the commission. The Uber cab model deserves a chance The Washington Post - (Washington D.C.) By David Alpert, D.C. Taxicab Commission Chairman Ron Linton thinks Uber, a new service that lets people reserve luxury-sedan rides from their smartphones, is illegal. If he’s right, then something is wrong with the law, not with Uber. Illegal or not, on-demand car service Uber is good for DC Greater Greater Washington - (Washington D.C.) by Erik Weber • January 12, 2012 1:10 pm New car service Uber launched in DC in December, but has already run afoul of the Taxi Commission. Whether they're doing anything illegal is unclear, but the service is definitely good for transportation in DC. |
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Updated jan 18 2012 @ 09:27 GMT
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