PHILADELPHIA — The city’s parking authority has lived up to its threats to impound vehicles and fine drivers participating in the UberX ride-sharing service.
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After months of strategizing, representatives of Uber say they will launch their controversial ride-sharing platform in Las Vegas and Reno this afternoon.
Uber, the ride-sharing company that thousands of Southern Nevada consumers have been clamoring for — and will likely result in thousands of headaches for transportation regulators and taxi company executives — is nearing its Las Vegas launch.
The Nevada Taxicab Authority on Monday approved an increase of just over 8 percent, boosting Clark County to the second highest rate in the nation among cities with a tourism-based economy.
In Southern Nevada, the voices are getting louder. Uber is coming.
Southern Nevada auto dealers are belatedly embracing the state’s new Electronic Dealer Report of Sale program, just as the Department of Motor Vehicles ramps up its enforcement of the program, promising fines for noncompliance.
Uber, the San Francisco-based ride-sharing company that has acknowledged it is considering entering the Las Vegas ground transportation market if it can figure out a way to clear some regulatory hurdles, conducted the first of five introductory “onboarding sessions” with prospective drivers on Wednesday.
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada will continue talks with a private tour bus company wanting to use public transit stops on the Strip but made it clear Thursday that the best solution may be for it to petition the city or county for its own stops.
Virgin America, a popular domestic airline with an average 12 daily flights to and from Las Vegas, will introduce seasonal service from Boston to McCarran International Airport in January.
The Nevada Taxicab Authority board will have a key role in finding a new administrator to oversee Clark County’s taxi industry, but there hasn’t been any movement toward finding a replacement for Charles D. Harvey, who resigned the position effective Friday.