The ride-booking app Uber is fighting New York’s city hall, which wants to keep in check a fleet of vehicles that already far outnumbers the Big Apple’s trademark yellow cabs.
Local authorities in the largest US city could vote as early as next week to limit increases in what it calls new for-hire vehicles (FHV) pending a study on their impact on traffic, and in particular traffic jams.
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The limitation could be a severe as an increase of just 1 per cent per year for companies with more than 500 vehicles, and 5 per cent with those with between 20 and 499 vehicles… Continue reading
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