Taxi and Limousine Services

Ride-Sharing Apps Get Green Light From California

The state of California today gave the formal green light to ride-share apps that compete with taxi services. This after a key commissioner recommended the move. See also: Ride-Sharing Apps Fight Back. Does that mean companies like Uber, Lyft and Sidecar are in the clear in cities like Los Angeles ... More >>

Eric Garcetti Muzzles Taxi Czar Who Criticized Uber

When it comes to Uber, Tom Drischler does not mince words. The smartphone app that allows users to hail towncars moved into L.A. last year, disrupting the traditional model of taxi service.Drischler, the city's taxi administrator, believed Uber and its competitors Lyft and Sidecar were brazenly viol ... More >>

Cabbies Push Back Against Uber and Lyft

Stuck in a tightly regulated profession, taxi drivers are chafing at rideshare apps' success

Taxi Fights and Fame Whores: Readers Respond

Ride-Sharing Apps Fight Back

Cab companies are using their muscle at City Hall, but Uber, Lyft and Sidecar have the momentum

Car Service Uber Delivers Ice Cream This Friday

If you spend any time around teenagers, you may be familiar with Uber, the car service that you can order from your smartphone. With only a tap of your phone, you -- or your teenager -- can order a swank car and private driver, at a cost that's not as bad as you'd think, with the whole transaction a ... More >>

Ride App Services Could Become Legit As L.A. Moves to Regulate

See also: Drivers for Ride Apps Face Arrest in L.A. Even as the L.A. Department of Transportation warned the big three ride-app companies that their drivers face arrest if they keep operating locally, the City Council's Transportation Committee began looking at ways to make the services legal. The ... More >>

Drivers for Ride Apps Face Arrest in L.A.

See also: Ride App Services Told to Shut Down in L.A. It looks like two of three hipster ride apps that have been told to leave town will defy the L.A. Department of Transportation's order and possibly have their drivers face arrest. Both Lyft and Uber told the Weekly they will keep running in Los ... More >>

Keep Lyft, Uber, Sidecar Apps in L.A., Change.org Petition Says

See also: Ride App Services Told to Shut Down in L.A. The city of Los Angeles has ordered the hipster ride app companies Lyft, Uber and Sidecar to stop operating locally because they don't have specific permission from City Hall. The companies -- we talked to two of them -- claim they don't need p ... More >>

Ride App Services Told to Shut Down in L.A.

See also: *Keep Lyft, Uber, Sidecar Apps in L.A., Change.org Petition Says. *Drivers For Ride Apps Face Arrest in L.A. How can ride-app outfits like Lyft, Uber and Sidecar operate in a town with strict rules about how and where taxis can do business? It's a question we've been asking here at L.A. ... More >>

Lyft's Ridesharing Program Takes Off in Los Angeles. What Does It Mean for the Taxi Industry?

For anyone who has ever fretted about what driving long distances without passengers during rush hour is doing to the environment and to your wallet, there's Lyft. Launched in San Francisco in 2012, the mobile-app based ride-sharing program allows members to find drivers in their areas who will sh ... More >>

As LAPD Spends Big Money to Crack Down on State-Regulated Limos, Drivers Like Andy Chung Get Screwed

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How Lobbyist John Ek Gets His Way at City Hall

10,000 Turkeys -- Including Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa -- Up For Grabs In South Los Angeles

Clemson UniversityHave a heart: Give a featherless orphan a nice home this Thanksgiving​If you hightail it down to the the 3600 block of West Slauson Avenue right now, you might be able to nab one of the 10,000 turkeys that Jackson Limousine Service has secured for its annual Thanks-giveaway, ... More >>

Developers Get A Pass Under Proposal That Would Ban City Hall Contractors From Giving Cash To Los Angeles Candidates

​It looks like you'll soon be able to vote on a law that will make life hard for city contractors who give money to city politicians in L.A. Only thing is, the law would give a huge exemption to the biggest pay-for-play contributors in town: Developers. That's according to our reading of Davi ... More >>

Today In WTF: Beverly Hills Taxi Driver Angry Over Fare Dispute With Honeymooners Allegedly Crashes Cab Into House

Beverly Hills Cab Company​A taxi driver in an argument over a fare crashed his cab into a home in the Cahuenga Pass Wednesday night, authorities said. A honeymooning couple from Italy took the taxi -- it appeared in news footage to be a Beverly Hills Cab Company car -- from Beverly Hills to ... More >>

Holiday Weekend Cliffs Notes: How to Hail a Cab From a Bar Stool

After a long weekend with a beefed-up police presence that resulted in large number of alcohol-related arrests in Los Angeles and Orange County, it's clear that driving drunk (or even buzzed for that matter) is a bad idea. When you consider the price tag of a first offense DUI--most offenders pay be ... More >>

Cabbies in City Hall Protest

Today about 150 taxi drivers drove their cabs around City Hall, honking as they did. The source of the cabbies' ire is what they view as the awarding of a sweetheart contract to a consulting firm with indirect ties to Yellow Cab. The $250,000 deal went to Nelson-Nygaard Consulting Associates without ... More >>

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