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New Year’s Eve Safe Ride Program In Effect
New Year’s Eve Safe Ride Program In Effect
New Year’s Eve Safe Ride Program In Effect
If you plan on drinking tonight to celebrate the new year, Albany County is implementing its annual Safe Ride program for New Year's Eve. There are free rides and discounted rides for all who have had too much to drink tonight. Here are the details.
Taxi Companies Going out of Business
Taxi Companies Going out of Business
Taxi Companies Going out of Business
Taxi and cab companies all over the world have been suffering from lack of business and are in constant competition with newer/ more modern cab companies such as Uber and Lyft. This past Friday the longest running taxi company in Troy, Black and White Taxi, has gone out of business...
Capitaland Taxi Ends Airport Service
Capitaland Taxi Ends Airport Service
Capitaland Taxi Ends Airport Service
Capitaland Taxi has ended its operation at Albany International Airport, the latest sign of the collapse of the local livery business. Claiming not being able to handle competition from ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft. According to Times Union...
Capital Region Uber Driver Reportedly Stole Passenger Credit Card
Capital Region Uber Driver Reportedly Stole Passenger Credit Card
Capital Region Uber Driver Reportedly Stole Passenger Credit Card
I guess that could make an Uber ride a whole lot more expensive! According to News 10 abc, a Capital Region Uber driver is being charged with stealing a passenger’s credit card. The driver, Donald Smith Jr., reportedly took a credit card out of a purse that had been left in his Uber, and used it to buy some gas...
Uber Vs Lyft
Uber Vs Lyft
Uber Vs Lyft
At the end of the month, ride-sharing will be implemented throughout the Capital Region. There was so much debate about whether the service would even be allowed in the Capital Region.   Now that the decision has been to allow ride-sharing there is so much anticipation for ride-sharing before it even starts. The...
Ride Hailing In The Capital District All You Need To Know
Ride Hailing In The Capital District All You Need To Know
Ride Hailing In The Capital District All You Need To Know
Ride-hailing services will soon be coming to upstate and suburban New York. If you have never used one of these services, these are everyday people using their personal vehicle as a taxi cab. It took several months for this service to be allowed out side of NYC and some people are not happy about it especially cab drivers...
Coumo to Announce Uber And Lyft Plan For Upstate
Coumo to Announce Uber And Lyft Plan For Upstate
Coumo to Announce Uber And Lyft Plan For Upstate
There was a big push in 2016 to allow ridesharing apps like Uber and Lyft to service areas outside of New York City. Governor Cuomo is prepared to roll out a plan to allow ride-sharing apps to operate out of the New York City boundary. Taxi companies and the ride-sharing apps have been at odds ever since the proposal was laid out last year...