Los Angeles Latest to Slap Ride-Sharing Apps With Cease-and-Desist Letters: Updated
The City of Los Angeles is the latest to tell ride-sharing apps SideCar, Lyft and Uber that they are operating car services without a license and must cease and desist immediately.
The City of Los Angeles is the latest to tell ride-sharing apps SideCar, Lyft and Uber that they are operating car services without a license and must cease and desist immediately.
The letters from the L.A. department of transportation appear to be in direct opposition with an agreement the companies struck with the state Public Utilities Commission, which gave them permission to operate while it attempts to address the larger regulatory question of whether they are car services or merely a new way for consumers to connect with one another and with taxi and limo services.
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