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The legality of ridesharing companies by jurisdiction varies; in some areas they are considered to be illegal taxi operations, while in other areas, they are subject to regulations that can include requirements for driver background checks, fares, caps on the number of drivers in an area, insurance, licensing, and minimum wage.
A livery cab (North America), private hire (UK and Australasia), or minicab (London) is a car with a driver available for hire only on a pre-booked basis. These cabs are contrasted with public-hire taxicabs or hackney carriages, hailed or street taxis, licensed to ply streets and for hailing throughout communities.
There are two other types of hire vehicles that act as taxis; they are known as private hire vehicles: A "private hire" taxi must be pre-booked, usually by telephone but also in some cases by e-mail or via in-car radio. [citation needed] Although not available to be hailed in the street, licensed private hire vehicles
It operates public service obligation contracts with transport operators, including Córas Iompair Éireann, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and private operators. It was originally intended that the Railway Procurement Agency would, like the Dublin Transportation Office, be subsumed into the NTA, but a lobbying campaign by the agency led to ...
Taxi licence fees and charges will rise in Sheffield for the first time in eight years, it has been confirmed. The increase will impact private hire drivers and their vehicles, hackney carriage ...
The legality of ridesharing companies by jurisdiction varies; in some areas they are considered to be illegal taxi operations, while in other areas, they are subject to regulations that can include requirements for driver background checks, fares, caps on the number of drivers in an area, insurance, licensing, and minimum wage.
A long-standing taxi licence dispute in Herefordshire has been settled with a new policy agreed between drivers and the county council. Taxi drivers were upset at plans to ban older vehicles and ...
A U.S. appeals court has rejected British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's request to revisit its decision upholding her conviction for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse ...