New York Metropolis Council Eyes Measures To Terminal Ride-Share Expansion

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Dive Brief:

• Members of Mayor Bill de Blasio's direction are shout for the New York City Council to visit multiple measures that would curb the expansion of ride-sharing services.
• One of the measures involves creating a novel regulatory category for app-based ride-share together with charging a $2,000 fee annually for each motorcar inward the system. Drivers equally good would solely move able to operate for solely 1 app-based company. Another mensurate would confine the pose out of cars each fellowship could accept inward operation.
• The mayor's Taxi together with Limousine Commission chair noted that for-hire vehicles on New York streets accept ballooned from 50,000 inward 2011 to 130,000 now, together with certified drivers accept grown inward pose out from 90,000 to 180,000. He said the vast bulk of the increment comes from ride-share services, similar Uber together with Lyft....

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