Lyft considers following the Uber path in NYC

[hrmjustin]

Dana Rubinstein

As Lyft tries to convince a state judge that its activities in New York State are in fact legal, the San Francisco-based ride-share company is quietly considering setting up operations in New York City that will look less like ride-share and more like a technologically advanced black car service.

“It appears they favor entering into agreements with licensed for-hire bases to work through them,” said Allan Fromberg, a Taxi and Limousine Commission spokesman.

If that’s the route Lyft takes, it will be following in its competitors' footsteps.

In New York City, the taxi industry is heavily regulated, and also trifurcated. There are yellow taxis, which respond to street hails and concentrate in Manhattan and at the airports; livery and black cars, which provide service pre-arranged by phone or, increasingly, app; and there are green outer-borough taxis, which fall somewhere in between.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/07/8549262/lyft-considers-following-uber-path-nyc

[hrmjustin]

1. NY court: Lyft app must meet certain requirements

http://www.fltimes.com/news/state/article_1ad3f743-08a6-5c51-b1e5-31070d9f4c36.html?mode=jqm