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Taxi Drivers in North Carolina’s Capital City Face Rough Year Thanks to Ridesharing

Johnson Umeh has plenty of experience as a taxi driver, and he says the job has never been as tough as it is now. Like many drivers, his business is being sapped by Uber and Lyft – the popular ride-hailing …

Alabama Metro Mayors Paving the Way for Uber in Their Cities

Mayors in several major Alabama cities are working to clear roadblocks to bring ride-hailing company Uber and others like it to their areas. “If it can work in Nashville, if it can work in Charlotte, then it can work in …

Mississippi City Considers Easing Regulations for Taxicab Companies

The Jackson, Miss., City Council is looking at reducing the number of vehicles required to operate a taxicab company in the city from eight to four or fewer. The council took no action on the proposal this week, opting to …

‘Big Taxi’ Wages War Against Uber to Be More Like Uber

David Sutton is looking for the worst possible news about Uber Technologies. An accident in San Francisco, an assault in Boston: Such bad tidings for Uber are ammunition for Sutton, a 48-year-old publicist. “Uber is a creep magnet,” Sutton says …