taxis
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Is Google’s New Ride-Sharing Service An Uber Killer?
Google is launching what’s being called an Uber competitor in San Francisco, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. Google is focusing on carpooling (and not a taxi service) that will let commuters share rides for an even cheaper rate than Uber does.
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Taxis Want To Remind You That They Won’t Have Uber’s Surge Pricing Over New Year’s
The recent legalisation of UberX in Australia was welcome news just before the New Year shenanigans, even if it came with a $1 temporary levy and a public $250 million handout to taxi drivers. And while it’s come at an opportune time, that’s not forgetting the fact that being legalised won’t stop Uber’s famous surge…
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Aussie Taxi Companies Just Can’t Get Any Love From The ACCC
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission doesn’t like iHail, the Aussie taxi-booking app proposed by a consortium of local taxi companies including Cabcharge. First, the app was rejected on grounds that it would be anticompetitive, unifying several of Australia’s tightly regulated large taxi providers and giving them extra power against smaller competitors. (To say nothing…
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Melbourne Taxi Strike Backfires Predictably
Uber drivers are taking our business so we’re going to respond by… giving them more business? Taxi drivers in Melbourne held an ill-considered strike today to protest ridesharing apps like Uber, hoping to spur the government into taking action on this issue. Uber responded brilliantly by offering free rides, which can be redeemed by new…