Regulators Join Rising National Trend Prohibiting Bogus Ridesharing and Rogue Smartphone Apps

<strong><u>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 17, 2013</u></strong><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" id="_DV_M1" name="_DV_M1"></a> <br />CONTACT: Matthew Daus [mdaus@windelsmarx.com] 212-237-1106<br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" id="_DV_M2" name="_DV_M2"></a><strong>Regulators Join Rising National Trend <a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" id="_wd_lastPlace" name="_wd_lastPlace"></a>Prohibiting Bogus Ridesharing and Rogue Smartphone Apps<a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" id="_GoBack" name="_GoBack"></a></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em>From Coast to Coast in the U.S., Regulators Outlaw and Rein In Rogue Apps</em></strong><br /><strong><em>Such as Uber, Lyft and SideCar</em></strong><strong> </strong></div>Transportation regulators are joining a growing movement across the United States to curb the unsafe, unregulated expansion of rogue car service apps.  <br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" id="_DV_M7" name="_DV_M7"></a>The International Association of Transportation Regulators (IATR) is pleased to announce that efforts informing regulators of problems associated with rogue ridesharing apps is gaining significant traction. <br /><br />In the last few weeks, regulators in Los Angeles ordered apps Uber, Lyft and SideCar to cease operations immediately. In Philadelphia, SideCar suspended operations after receiving pushback from regulators. Local authorities in Austin, meanwhile, have proposed changes that would adopt IATR model regulations allowing technology to flourish while also holding apps accountable to the public and to regulators.  Pending IATR opposition, SideCar closed its operations and was shut down by the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission.<br />��The war against rogue apps is not yet over, but the tide has turned, and the IATR is winning!� said Professor Matthew W. Daus, President of the IATR. �Regulators around the country have adopted the IATR�s model regulations and are either shutting down rogue apps or forcing them to comply with new and innovative pro-technology laws,� said Daus.   �The vast majority of regulators will continue to protect the public from transportation companies masquerading as technology providers who may be using uninsured vehicles driven by unlicensed drivers - who have not been drug tested and who may be dangerous criminals,� Daus continued.<br />A summary of recent legal developments that have hindered and in some cases caused rogue app companies to cease operations may be found here <a href="http://iatr.org/IATRAppCommittee.html">http://iatr.org/IATRAppCommittee.html</a><br /><strong>About IATR: </strong>The IATR is a peer group of taxi, limousine and for-hire transportation regulators. It is dedicated to improving the practice of licensing, enforcement and administration of for-hire transportation through the sharing of information and resources. <br />###<br /><strong>Summary of State-by-State Rogue App Developments</strong><br /><br /><strong><u>Austin, Texas</u></strong><br />The Austin Transportation Department (�ATD�), along with the City Council, has been addressing rogue ridesharing apps by proposing amendments to its regulations, including revised definitions of �chauffeur� and �compensation� as well as proposed amendments that would outlaw the operations of rogue �ridesharing� app companies.  The IATR submitted to the Austin City Council and the ATD, Windels Marx�s legal and policy primer regarding ground transportation regulation as it relates to �ridesharing� apps and transportation technology companies, entitled �<strong><em>Ridesharing Applications: Illegal Hitchhiking or Sustainable Group Riding?</em></strong>� (the �Rideshare Report�).<a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn1" id="_ftnref1" name="_ftnref1" title="1"> 1</a>  <br />Rideshare apps have received several citations over the past year for operating in Austin without a permit. In a memorandum from the ATD to the Mayor and City Council dated May 31, 2013 (�Memo to the Mayor�), the ATD recounts at least three instances where drivers and vehicles affiliated with rogue apps that were cited by authorities were also found to be uninsured. Further, in one instance, a citation was issued against a rogue app-affiliated driver for unlicensed for-hire operation, and the vehicle was also impounded because the app-affiliated driver was on parole and the vehicle was equipped with an alcohol detection device as a part of the ignition system � the type of equipment usually assigned to persons found guilty of driving under the influence. These scenarios cast a stark light on the public safety issue. Accordingly, the ATD concludes in its Memo to the Mayor that �ridesharing� for compensation is illegal and should remain illegal as it negatively impacts the public. <br /><br />Although, the City Council is not expected to issue a final decision on the proposed amendments until August 8, 2013, Council members publically expressed concern over SideCar, and it appears a vote to block rogue ridesharing operations is imminent.<a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn2" id="_ftnref2" name="_ftnref2" title="">2 </a> Indeed, Austin City Council member Chris Riley has stated publicly that �[m]any of these services are actually hiring people to actually work as drivers that are essentially being dispatched to give rides for compensation,� Riley said. �That, to me, is not ridesharing. Just because you are using your smartphone does not necessarily <a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn3" id="_ftnref3" name="_ftnref3" title=""> 2</a> make it ridesharing.� <br />As a result of the efforts of the ATD, the IATR, and the public representations made by the City Council, SideCar has announced that it has suspended operations in Austin<a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn4" id="_ftnref4" name="_ftnref4" title=""> 4</a> and it has been reported that SideCar has also let go of its entire Austin staff. <br /><br /><strong><u>Dallas and Houston, Texas</u></strong><br />The City of Dallas has issued two cease and desist letters against Uber for illegal operations and is ticketing the company daily. In addition, Houston has issued a cease and desist letter against Tickengo, a ridesharing app company based in San Francisco, for illegal operations in the city, including reports that drivers were arriving for scheduled pick-ups in different vehicles than those indicated when the trip reservation was made, as well as some drivers arriving for pick-ups who were not registered by Tickengo as affiliated drivers.<br /><strong><u>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</u></strong><br />Approximately two weeks after launching operations in Philadelphia (its first east coast jurisdiction), SideCar was shut down by the Philadelphia Parking Authority (�PPA�), vehicles providing SideCar services were impounded and SideCar was charged thousands of dollars in fines due to the drivers� lack of proper licensure and failure to submit to the PPA background checks which are required of all for-hire vehicle drivers.<a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn5" id="_ftnref5" name="_ftnref5" title="">5 </a>  Further, SideCar announced on or about June 19, 2013, that it has suspended operations in Philadelphia<a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn6" id="_ftnref6" name="_ftnref6" title=""> 6</a> <br /><strong><u>New York, New York</u></strong><br />After announcing in March 2013 that it had launched its ridesharing service operations in New York City, and as a result of information provided by the IATR, SideCar became the subject of a �sting operation� by the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission (�TLC�) which resulted in SideCar announcing that it would suspend its New York City operations.<a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn7" id="_ftnref7" name="_ftnref7" title="">7 </a><br /><strong><u>Colorado</u></strong><u> </u><br />The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (the �Colorado PUC�) held two public hearings to address proposed amendments to the state�s transportation rules which, as a result of testimony provided by Mr. Daus on behalf of the IATR, will either drive Uber out of the state or, which will require that Uber obtain licensure as a common or contract carrier by the Colorado PUC.<a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn8" id="_ftnref8" name="_ftnref8" title=""> 8</a><br /><strong><u>Maryland</u></strong><br />Similar forceful action against Uber is taking place in Maryland before the Public Service Commission (the �PSC�) where, as a result of testimony provided by Mr. Daus on behalf of the IATR, PSC Staff released a Public Report which finds Uber to be a �common carrier� providing transportation services for-hire and which directs Uber to file for authorization from the PSC.<a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn9" id="_ftnref9" name="_ftnref9" title=""> 9</a><br /><strong><u>Washington, DC</u></strong><br />The Washington, DC Taxicab Commission (the �DCTC�) has recently passed regulations that further require that apps, or �digital dispatchers� as they are referred to by the DCTC, be accountable to regulators.  The DCTC has mandated the acceptance of credit and debit card payments in all DCTC licensed taxicabs, and accordingly, digital dispatchers must be integrated with the �payment service providers� that process such payments, precluding what was formerly a purely app-based transaction. <a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn10" id="_ftnref10" name="_ftnref10" title="">10 </a>   <br /><strong><u>California</u></strong><br />The California Public Utilities Commission�s (the �Commission� or the �CPUC�) �quasi-legislative proceeding� to institute rulemaking (the �OIR�) on regulations relating to passenger carriers, ridesharing, and new online-enabled transportation services (�NOETS�) began in December 2012 and is still ongoing.<a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn11" id="_ftnref11" name="_ftnref11" title="">11 </a> The Commission has taken nearly seven months to evaluate the operations of ridesharing app companies and still has yet to reach a final decision, despite the fact that numerous parties representing stakeholders� interest, including the IATR, have submitted public comments that echo that of the Austin City Council, and the numerous other jurisdictions taking a stand against rogue apps.<br />For instance, the Personal Insurance Federation of CA (�PIFC�), which represents six (6) of the largest insurance companies in the U.S<a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn12" id="_ftnref12" name="_ftnref12" title=""> 12</a>, and which collectively, insure the majority of personal automobiles in California, submitted comments to the CA OIR which explained the position of its members on the subject:<br />It appears that the industry standard for personal auto insurance ... is to exempt from insurance coverage claims involving vehicles used for transporting passengers for a charge. Thus, in situations where a vehicle is insured as a private vehicle and is used to transport passengers for a fee, no insurance coverage would exist . . . . <u>The issue before the CPUC is not ridesharing, but instead using a private passenger vehicle in a livery service. This is clearly <em>not</em> covered under a standard policy; if an accident occurs, coverage would not exist</u>.<br />(Emphasis added).<a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn13" id="_ftnref13" name="_ftnref13" title="">13 </a><br /><br />The Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association (�TLPA�)<a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn14" id="_ftnref14" name="_ftnref14" title="">14 </a> has also submitted comments warning of the threat to public safety posed by deregulation of the for-hire vehicle industry: <br />In very simple terms, allowing companies like Lyft, SideCar and Uber to operate without any oversight or regulation is not only untenable, it is reckless. The Commission�s mandate is �to promote carrier and public safety through its safety enforcement regulations.� Allowing Lyft, SideCar, Uber, and other similarly unlicensed transportation companies to exist without regulation is in total disregard<a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn15" id="_ftnref15" name="_ftnref15" title="">15 </a> of the established purpose of the Commission.<a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn16" id="_ftnref16" name="_ftnref16" title=""> 16</a><br />What�s more, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation recently issued letters to Uber, SideCar and Lyft, respectively, ordering each company and all drivers and vehicles dispatched through the mobile app systems to cease and desist from picking up passengers within the city until they are properly licensed.<a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn17" id="_ftnref17" name="_ftnref17" title=""> 17</a>  The companies are advised that failure to comply with the notice is a misdemeanor offense and subject to criminal prosecution and the impoundment of vehicles.<br />The aforementioned events in Texas, Colorado, New York City, Philadelphia, Maryland and DC all suggest that although rogue app companies are attempting to expand at a rapid pace throughout the country, there seems to be a general consensus among regulators that these apps are dangerous.  Regulators around the country have unanimously condemned deregulation via rogue ridesharing and rogue apps.  Feeling the weight of transportation regulatory agencies across the country, Lyft co-founder John Zimmer indicated that the company is trying to work with other ridesharing companies, such as SideCar and Uber�s ridesharing services to fight regulators.<a href="http://www.iatr.org/PresidentUpdate-July2013.html#_ftn18" id="_ftnref18" name="_ftnref18" title="">18 </a> <br />The CPUC is behind the times.  It should step-up and join the national regulatory movement to prohibit unsafe, illegal rogue for-hire transportation.  Indeed, the CPUC should take heed of the enforcement actions recently demonstrated by the numerous other jurisdictions in which rogue ridesharing apps have attempted to launch, and require licensure as well as increased enforcement against their rogue operations. In light of the overwhelming body of evidence, the Commission has grounds to reach an immediate conclusion to outlaw rogue rideshare apps

Regulators Join Rising National Trend Prohibiting Bogus Ridesharing and Rogue Smartphone Apps

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CADILLAC will launch a car bigger than XTS within 2 years

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghCqq3unecn21krgp7rY4tYvJeJkBm37waWaRqJ41UYb6ORHhQDVP7clpk1AQQ73BoT4fIf2gAWpd1HvgcfgxHHpGkVSZuFdynlVgP9pz1z-0cbzQrFIQsE5QNrOKrVDDCoAkbAT537rD/s1600/cadillac2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghCqq3unecn21krgp7rY4tYvJeJkBm37waWaRqJ41UYb6ORHhQDVP7clpk1AQQ73BoT4fIf2gAWpd1HvgcfgxHHpGkVSZuFdynlVgP9pz1z-0cbzQrFIQsE5QNrOKrVDDCoAkbAT537rD/s320/cadillac2015.jpg" title="Cadillac CEO with 2014 CTS" width="320" /></a></div><span></span><br /><span>Cadillac will launch a car bigger than its XTS large sedan within the next two years, General Motors CEO Dan Akerson says.</span><br />The XTS is the biggest Cadillac car, and there have been dueling reports for at least two years about whether GM's luxury brand planned to stop there, or go bigger. <br />Akerson's <span>remarks seem to settle that. </span><br /><span>The only question is whether Caddy should develop specialty models, such as a sleek coupe, based on the same hardware as the unnamed large sedan.</span><br />Cadillac's return to very big cars is striking. During GM's slide into its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in 2009, and the two years immediately after, it wasn't clear how much traction large cars had in the marketplace.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_N3IjDW845mIuE6KChRYTl4seLxIOmxzF_lAjwMq-tZrbrO4ZlrneVMUgWAKFJC4rgi8k0ZnKY8SMXy-5k5EliC4CML3udieXw8MyZpekLNfg4DR-xh1VS7JLRGQJd1mGpsZQKuE1Q4Vs/s1600/linoln-mkt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_N3IjDW845mIuE6KChRYTl4seLxIOmxzF_lAjwMq-tZrbrO4ZlrneVMUgWAKFJC4rgi8k0ZnKY8SMXy-5k5EliC4CML3udieXw8MyZpekLNfg4DR-xh1VS7JLRGQJd1mGpsZQKuE1Q4Vs/s320/linoln-mkt.jpg" title="FORD REBRANDS theLincoln MKT as MKT TOWN CAR" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><span>At least, those sold by Detroit makers. </span><br /><span>Chrysler was doing well with its big 300 sedan, but Ford Motor discontinued its Crown Victoria big sedan and the even-bigger Lincoln Town Car in 2011. However, Ford realized very quickly that discontinuing Town car was not a sensible idea. So Ford rebranded the Ford MKT with TOWN CAR badges. GM's Chevrolet brand was working on the next Impala, traditionally a big sedan, but decided to build it atop a stretched version of a mid-size car chassis, while still trying to make it full-size. </span><br /><span>Buyers who wanted extra-large vehicles seemed to have moved to full-size SUVs instead of big sedans. </span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Cadillac confirms that it's working on the super-sedan for launch about two years hence. Details remain closely held, but several things are known:</span><br /><span>�The car will use a rear-drive chassis very loosely based on the CTS. There will be an all-wheel drive version, too. </span><br /><span></span><br /><span>�It will not be based on GM's Australian Holden rear-drive cars. Holden has been a source for other big, rear-drive cars, most recently the Chevrolet SS.</span><br /><span>�It will not necessarily replace the XTS, which is based on a front-drive chassis, and also offers an all-wheel-drive variant. XTS is nearly as popular in the U.S. as Caddy's other two sedans, ATS and CTS. And XTS is a big hit in China, which is a huge market for GM. </span><br /><span>�The super-size Caddy sedan won't resemble the brand's recent concept cars, but will use some styling highlights from them, such as the knife-edge row of lights on the front fenders, similar to the new CTS.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipM4azjetBQNw_TKqTcA_CjknK0sy53cr59FgHLLVJ4FYv2D_VUqU_VwD8A8rpHDntK7q1X0R0CsPV1U1hsAAXj50BMUcFZOfxLj4FKg0c2-JVcFYz9meUoRnQGoIyp2a3_HWx5OhtVneS/s1600/caddyXTSfront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipM4azjetBQNw_TKqTcA_CjknK0sy53cr59FgHLLVJ4FYv2D_VUqU_VwD8A8rpHDntK7q1X0R0CsPV1U1hsAAXj50BMUcFZOfxLj4FKg0c2-JVcFYz9meUoRnQGoIyp2a3_HWx5OhtVneS/s320/caddyXTSfront.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span></span><br /><span>Akerson pointed out the CTS' crisp fender-ridge front lights as a distinguishing facet and "the face" of future Cadillac models.</span>

CADILLAC will launch a car bigger than XTS within 2 years

Cadillac will launch a car bigger than its XTS large sedan within the next two years, General Motors CEO Dan Akerson says. The XTS is the b...

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John Lennons New York City Limousine or Yellow Cab at the Royal BC Museum?

<b>A psychedelic car once owned by John Lennon that was attacked for being disrespectful to England is now on display for a limited time at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria. </b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjukEUJvd1vjXsn_n7WSz_mDx5wMOPJJqgcF8KOdAQ-1_RLUbSnAvNTKzS_piGgnNrDrSkrLr0EZEJSw5K-a-4b7MoRDWDF23C6TCmI11eRibtn1qcfyHsGlpx3ZHo2flG4ffqcISGhKLOV/s1600/JohnLennonRollsRoyce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="NYC Limousine John Lennon" border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjukEUJvd1vjXsn_n7WSz_mDx5wMOPJJqgcF8KOdAQ-1_RLUbSnAvNTKzS_piGgnNrDrSkrLr0EZEJSw5K-a-4b7MoRDWDF23C6TCmI11eRibtn1qcfyHsGlpx3ZHo2flG4ffqcISGhKLOV/s320/JohnLennonRollsRoyce.jpg" title="John Lennon Rolls Royce Limousine NYC" width="320" /></a></div> Staff had to take the front doors off the building to get the massive six-ton yellow Rolls Royce Phantom V limousine vehicle inside. <br />The museum, which acquired the vehicle as part of its permanent collection in 1987, says it can't keep the car on display all-year round because of crowds and its large size so it is only displayed for a short time each winter. <br />???<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcvdeMUb3Qz4NEGwL-QWtt-CD0Ty5pQWwiQ5MyZW4Tv6xA4iLpwXz9esRl9FFqwR6AnsPJz9uCKAdMb0foFB4CXU1hhAXLb0QkY-5kSVst_mSjmhxmn6JTbxdyEnxmIvRlO73iFW9YSQS/s1600/John_lennon_limousine_rolls_royce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Rolls Royce Limousine in London UK John Lennon" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcvdeMUb3Qz4NEGwL-QWtt-CD0Ty5pQWwiQ5MyZW4Tv6xA4iLpwXz9esRl9FFqwR6AnsPJz9uCKAdMb0foFB4CXU1hhAXLb0QkY-5kSVst_mSjmhxmn6JTbxdyEnxmIvRlO73iFW9YSQS/s320/John_lennon_limousine_rolls_royce.jpg" title="Rolls Royce Limousine in London UK John Lennon" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Lennon's original Black colored Rolls Royce</td></tr></tbody></table>The Beatles singer purchased what was then a black Rolls Royce in 1965, the same year he received his driving permit. The vehicle was custom-made with a rear seat that converts into a double bed and also has a telephone, portable refrigerator, Sony television and custom sound system.  <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-3Lzn1y3RhMPdxsNR8S67so3J5TFBDBEFDGTQuRCx7QrLf_21ah-s81Gp71Zsb40xEQHW8LWTwOSoc7HmjjvjLvmD7H7s6BuEc4d2AEPZUkYv7MoH97_fhnduSz0_zLZ4vwCUxYSpcv6/s1600/john_lennon_ny_limousine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="John Lennon New York Limousine Rolls Royce" border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-3Lzn1y3RhMPdxsNR8S67so3J5TFBDBEFDGTQuRCx7QrLf_21ah-s81Gp71Zsb40xEQHW8LWTwOSoc7HmjjvjLvmD7H7s6BuEc4d2AEPZUkYv7MoH97_fhnduSz0_zLZ4vwCUxYSpcv6/s320/john_lennon_ny_limousine.jpg" title="John Lennon New York Limousine Rolls Royce" width="320" /></a></div>The car was painted yellow two years later. A Dutch gypsy artist friend of Lennon's used latex house paint to apply the flower-power design, complete with swirling vines and spiral hubcap covers.  <br />The unique finishing wasn't loved by everyone. An elderly woman ambushed the car with her umbrella in the streets of London and called Lennon a swine for desecrating what was then the most expensive and respected car in the United Kingdom. <br />Lennon and Yoko Ono had the car shipped to the United States in 1970. They rarely used it but often lent it out for special occasions to famous rock bands such as the Rolling Stones, the Moody Blues and Bob Dylan. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4B_aA8fIUkQvGzrZZRe1EFCQY2RkF1z8jo_Bvo0wEUh5yM9uv9mDXH5npHqrfFY0gieI0JXN_QBL19xGRzTSA7tx2LOgV3vcz-seVsIX9M8Yg8bIBBgVW3Szohi6zMyaKzpJgPZ3Onzm/s1600/john_lennon_limousine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rolls Royce Limousine NYC" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4B_aA8fIUkQvGzrZZRe1EFCQY2RkF1z8jo_Bvo0wEUh5yM9uv9mDXH5npHqrfFY0gieI0JXN_QBL19xGRzTSA7tx2LOgV3vcz-seVsIX9M8Yg8bIBBgVW3Szohi6zMyaKzpJgPZ3Onzm/s320/john_lennon_limousine.jpg" title="Rolls Royce Limousine NYC" width="320" /></a></div>The car sat in storage for several years until the couple bartered it away to mend some serious problems with the U.S. taxman in 1977. They donated it to the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York City in exchange for a $225,000 tax credit. <br />The museum turned the car over to Sotheby's auction house in 1985 after running into financial trouble paying the hefty insurance premiums to keep the rare car available for public viewing. <br />B.C. millionaire Jimmy Pattison bought the car that year for almost $2.3 million. It was donated to the Vancouver Island museum after it was displayed as an international attraction at Expo �86 in Vancouver. <br /> Well now Yoko Ono is not riding in a yellow colored cab, not even a yellow NYC Cab. Rather one can observe <a href="http://www.limousine-rental.net/" target="_blank">Black Cadillac DTS Limousines</a> in front of the Dakota House NYC.<br />Thank you for reading this article, anyone interested in hiring a <a href="http://www.limousine-rental.net/" target="_blank">chauffeured driven limousine in NYC</a><br />please email us at <a href="mailto:info@limousine-rental.net">info@limousine-rental.net</a>

John Lennons New York City Limousine or Yellow Cab at the Royal BC Museum?

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Uber Leaves Executive Chartered Helicopter flyers stranded at Heliports of Hampton NY.

<br />The so-called popular upstart car service Uber has been leaving executive chartered helicopter clients stranded out in the Hampton Long Island New York. Yet,Uber has been aggressively marketing the UberChopper package,where a client is promised door to door service from start to end. The UberChopper program promises to pickup clients from New York City in an SUV, driving them over to the NYC West side Heliport to board a chopper and upon landing on the East End of Long Island (Hampton), an SUV waiting to pickup client to drop anywhere out on the Hampton s. However, they have failed to have a car waiting out on East End, leaving clients stranded and left with calling other limousine companies or their relatives to the rescue.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yTOWpGQP09aE_2O-4FMBa5VS8UHzhJ2yaiPh_dGkwc6dlliOXKZXCUGzqL1T3kLmlfTGYBi2FqdeCNF3kczzVl5XlqBUs4K_15Ufmr_jqSF0nM4nuHCw0n-dJoTYWCbKYV72Kru6B8HF/s1600/helicopter.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yTOWpGQP09aE_2O-4FMBa5VS8UHzhJ2yaiPh_dGkwc6dlliOXKZXCUGzqL1T3kLmlfTGYBi2FqdeCNF3kczzVl5XlqBUs4K_15Ufmr_jqSF0nM4nuHCw0n-dJoTYWCbKYV72Kru6B8HF/s320/helicopter.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /> <br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">This discovery was announced by the helicopter company when they called us asking us for a chauffeur driven vehicle at the heliport as soon as possible. When we asked them about the ETA of helicopter to landing, in order for us to be on time at pickup location, we were informed that clients are already at the heliport and the SUV from Uber failed to show up. These occurrence of these incidences have risen every day. Why is Uber failing in fulfilling the UberChopper promise?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsk_bpEzr1RbxnsDRt5ck7SzC7rCHKS8y9-lpAFzNgDoq-oTCHF0Z3IMTqYbjHK_tdJ67bPlhS4P4hbitkmintb5PNHxtW5wZ6L7Y48ZFh3eBAcW0Cb5FGu4lF6WWjgjBo5t-LlZLhyuN/s1600/Uber_cab_failed_me.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsk_bpEzr1RbxnsDRt5ck7SzC7rCHKS8y9-lpAFzNgDoq-oTCHF0Z3IMTqYbjHK_tdJ67bPlhS4P4hbitkmintb5PNHxtW5wZ6L7Y48ZFh3eBAcW0Cb5FGu4lF6WWjgjBo5t-LlZLhyuN/s320/Uber_cab_failed_me.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> </div><br />Here are a few reasons as to why Uber has failed at the UberChopper. Uber does not own and operate the vehicles, Uber taxi style dispatching cannot allow an Independent contractor to accept an advanced reservation. In addition, these Uber independent contractors are not experienced locals of the Hampton Area. Lets examine each factor in detail.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODkhLa6LNBdD04ZPciWXK6thsGq3oVOaLqwPoywLLZibSZ9IKzqXTpRRh_jRb0E70x7AxPuRPTdl5S66OENUvrOJj4GYXUq5Gprhc97D3hD3gwPmHGFXmE1ApfGoxLmuKTc4umfC9JDqP/s1600/uber-taxi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODkhLa6LNBdD04ZPciWXK6thsGq3oVOaLqwPoywLLZibSZ9IKzqXTpRRh_jRb0E70x7AxPuRPTdl5S66OENUvrOJj4GYXUq5Gprhc97D3hD3gwPmHGFXmE1ApfGoxLmuKTc4umfC9JDqP/s320/uber-taxi.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Uber does not own, operate the vehicles, and hire screened chauffeurs on an hourly based shift schedule. Traditionally, most limousine companies hire chauffeurs who work either on a day or a night schedule. The limousine companies preassign the reservation trips within these schedules. This system pretty much assures the client that their reservation has been scheduled with a chauffeur and a vehicle. Uber works with a loose network of independent contractors referring trips and deducting 35% of gross fare. However, this system really works in favor of the independent contractor who dictate their own work schedule. These independent contractors are only taking Uber work, when they do not have any work. This means that if the Uber independent contractors are unavailable or unwilling to work at 1600 hrs, a client landing at 16:00hours should not be surprised to be stranded out on the East End heliports. The UberChopper program is nothing more than a false promise. The purpose of taking a helicopter is to save time, and being stranded for30-45 minutes or more at heliports defeats the very purpose of a helicopter ride and effective time management. This is why a limousine company which owns equipment and hires scheduled employees will have greater command on vehicle standards, employee performance, work schedule and is better qualified for timely pickups. The next question is that can Uber assign jobs in advance like traditional livery-limousine companies?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-9OHrn4uAQI-vgCfY1smF0-Ue0Meq5almElr4h8sicvqPpjyvFa-KTZf0w4iJkFvC5Dlh8jRatzObdVr8t8aAvDb7WshW1Bt1og_OEB7sFYe3oofuXBs_9dny7fLVvgBuR8E3s8phW6g/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-9OHrn4uAQI-vgCfY1smF0-Ue0Meq5almElr4h8sicvqPpjyvFa-KTZf0w4iJkFvC5Dlh8jRatzObdVr8t8aAvDb7WshW1Bt1og_OEB7sFYe3oofuXBs_9dny7fLVvgBuR8E3s8phW6g/s320/024.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">                                           (CSL Transportation arrives prior to aircraft landing)</div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Uber cannot enforce a work schedule because it does not have a reservation system and does not have an experienced human dispatcher who reviews trips diligently and assigns trips sensibly. Uber works like a live taxi dispatching system except on an inexperienced electronic basis. The Taxi dispatching is really based on in taking as many calls, and dispatching the closest vacant taxicab for the call(s), This type of dispatch system does not prioritize any advanced reservation over a live call. This type of dispatching does not guarantee timely pickup because the taxicab can accept a street hail en route and simply cancel the job or get to pickup later. In some cases, if street hail is busier, these independent contractor are not obligated to accept the trip to begin with. Do not be surprised when Uber drivers cancel a call, because this is occurring behind the scenes. This best explains why sometimes a ten minute wait can easily become 2 hour wait. does Lets find out, who are these Ubers in Hampton Long Island NY.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReFmwmPtu3TKNsYO3Ms_jmN1XPulETw0LkqRRA3-DgN0kdZ4Pr4F4zFNMXp-EDolxl6z-luykzI12lZ0Au6O5tFHZzU_feCFaGUZetX6XUS9pl4UxPUKIUAjN-sdh4XS4EodaM7RTEYr-/s1600/dispatcher-limousine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReFmwmPtu3TKNsYO3Ms_jmN1XPulETw0LkqRRA3-DgN0kdZ4Pr4F4zFNMXp-EDolxl6z-luykzI12lZ0Au6O5tFHZzU_feCFaGUZetX6XUS9pl4UxPUKIUAjN-sdh4XS4EodaM7RTEYr-/s320/dispatcher-limousine.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> </div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Uber drivers on Hampton are not locals of the Hampton or Long island. These so called �partners� are insured and licensed to operate in New York City-not Point-to-Point on Nassau or Suffolk Counties. These independent contractors are the same contractors who work with Executive Charge Inc of Brooklyn, New York. Take a closer notice of their license plates as licensed by The New York City Taxi and limousine Commission embossed "T & LC". These livery cars are not licensed by the local towns of Hampton to operate for hire. These SUV Independent order operators drive out from New York City to Hampton s upon their own schedules. Considering all of these facts, what does this article suggest?<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-JH34y5AU8QwRPwJKYwKz520pA4-z8vjIMGlFi5M7rTiqt8NlTWNTAjmr84XfcTjKA7W0fw-EZK9rWRyCOsICB4dPOqd24vxeMlFtRytt1VrXS5WjWfflzG9337Dfe7jsDp6uEBAxk6I/s1600/nyc-tlc.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-JH34y5AU8QwRPwJKYwKz520pA4-z8vjIMGlFi5M7rTiqt8NlTWNTAjmr84XfcTjKA7W0fw-EZK9rWRyCOsICB4dPOqd24vxeMlFtRytt1VrXS5WjWfflzG9337Dfe7jsDp6uEBAxk6I/s1600/nyc-tlc.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Anyone considering in taking a helicopter flight from New York City to the Hampton s, should cut out the <u>unreliable </u>middleman (UBER) contact Liberty Helicopters or Helicopter Flight Services directly, and then prearrange ground transportation with someone who is trustworthy and reliable. When timing is critical, there is no room for errors or being stranded at the heliports.</div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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<br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> WOW- What an Uber Review? Real reviews VERSUS the Uber Decepticons upping the hype?</div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> In this day of age, we depend on reviews about a business establishment and our information comes from the internet such as Yelp,I Tunes and Blog reviews, and even at times from our social media circles. However it is critical to see if such reviews are REAL people with REAL experiences or are posted by marketing specialists hired by the business. Do not be fooled by these �Decepticons�, who are are flooding the internet with beautifully, creatively written but yet artificial reviews.</div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Recently, I found a job posting on Mechanical Turk's website posted by popular upstart car service known as �Uber�. Uber's job posted descriptions,�write press releases, PR articles online, and write reviews ( 5 star write reviews to counter the real bad review). Yes, write beautiful press releases and fake reviews about how great service Uber is providing and how it is the next Coca Cola. Lets examine a fake review found on Yelp and a real review.</div><br /><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="color: white;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Fake Review written by Michael P. of Flushing on June 5</span></span><span style="color: white;">^{<span style="background: rgb(255, 0, 0);">th</span>}</span><span style="color: white;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2013 on Yelp to counter bad review written by real review on 6/5/13. * posted 5 stars out of 5 stars*</span></span></div><br /><div dir="LTR" id="wrap"> <div dir="LTR" id="super-container"> <div dir="LTR" id="main"> <div dir="LTR" id="bizReviews"> <div dir="LTR" id="bizReviewsContent"> <div dir="LTR" id="bizReviewsInner"> <div dir="LTR" id="reviews-other"> <ul><li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="review_fQOPzf9unp2rp4jVioYEIw"></a>Uber is an absolute 5 star experience. You push a button and you instantly see where your driver is on a map in relation to you, plus their name, car type and the ability to call them. It's so sweet.<br /><br />100% of the drivers I've had were above and beyond courteous. One even had water in his cab for passengers, another provided chocolate. Drivers are super friendly and professional and from my experience can carry great conversations if you choose to. <br /><br />The rates, especially if you pick UberX, is very close to your typical cab far. If you know a private car rate to your destination is cheaper than a metered cab, don't use Uber, as this will be much more than you're used to paying.<br /><br />All in all, great service. I love that drivers know they're going to be rated so they go above and beyond, Keep up the good work and I'll keep using the app!<br /> </li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="bizReviewsInner"></a> <span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102);">REAL review written on June 5</span>^{<span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102);">th</span>}<span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 102);">2013 by John P. on Yelp * posted 1 star out of 5 stars*</span></div><br /><div dir="LTR" id="Section1"> <div dir="LTR" id="Section2"> <div dir="LTR" id="Section3"> <div dir="LTR" id="Section4"> <div dir="LTR" id="Section5"> <div dir="LTR" id="Section6"> <div dir="LTR" id="Section7"> <ul><li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="review_EW0HdajFrcG68xMldMzFJg"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="reviews-other"></a> am currently working with UBER as a driver.<br /><br />In theory the concept is great,but once it's place on practice the situation is completely different.<br /><br />1rst of all, UBER's app software is plague with issues.<br /><br />2nd it provides unreal ETA's to customers as UBER doesn't take in consideration traffic conditions,traffic patterns impossed by the city such as no left turns or right turns from such street at a given time of the day.<br /><br />3rd Providing wrong addresses to drivers forcing them to re-route in order to find the riders.<br /><br />I once got a pick up request that was scheduled @ 7th ave. & 52nd street. After few minutes waiting the customer calls asking me where i was & told him I�ve been waiting for the last 5 or 6 minutes for him.<br /><br />Then he ask me where i am exactly waiting for him,i told 7th ave. and 52nd st he replay saying it can't be as he were waiting for me on west end st. Then had to drive all the way from 7th ave to the west end highway to pick up the customer.<br /><br />Customers love to have the doors open ? great !! just wait for the driver to do so,don't hail into the vehicle and then complaint the driver didn't open the door for you.<br /><br />I can't speak for other drivers,but personally speaking of i always prepare my self by assuming the customer is carrying some luggage or big items that wants to be transported in the vehicle.<br /> </li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> The fake review writes about 100% of drivers being professional and courteous, and Uber's rating system pressures drivers to go above and beyond for great service. In addition, in car amenities such as having bottle water and chocolate in car is an outright lie. Uber's having zero percent margin for error (100% professional drivers), and in car amenities seems more like science fiction over reality, I will explain how both claims are fiction.</div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> First, Uber <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-IiEgF0JiI">experienced the owner operators strike in San Francisco</a> on St. Patrick's Day (March 2013), for being deactivated on the basis of low ratings. If the theory about drivers being worried about ratings and forced to go above and beyond for service were to be true, then these drivers would have never have been deactived in the first place. Then the writer claims 100% professional drivers? Well, when one reads the real reviews posted by others in same month and year, one can quickly realize that this 100% claim in much more nonsense. Now lets focus on in car amenities such as bottled water and chocolate. Who is paying for these incremental costs without the appropriate incremental revenue?. How is it possible for the Uber owner operator's be able to provide additional in car amenities (water and chocolate) at $15-$20 fares when Uber takes over 35% of fare?</div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Example, a $15.00 ride minus 35% (the <u>25% actual commission deduction</u> *not the claimed 20%, 8.875% Tax and 2% black car workers compensation fund). The net proceeds an owner operator gets equal sto $9.75, and driver still has to pay for his operating and vehicles expenses. Is it really possible to fork out an additional $1.00-$2.00 expenses on such fares?</div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Uber <u>does not own, operate, inspect and or even provide such claimed supplies</u> to it's loose network of independent owner operators. Once again. My personal experience using Uber differed from the decepticon reviews.</div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> I downloaded the Uber customer app and ordered a car service on demand and my exeriences were as follows. On my first attempt, I got an inexperienced Turkish owner operator (driver) from Uber who was not dressed as appropriately, medicore car, and was confused at drop off point. This driver had an untucked white dress shirt. The vehicle bumper was scraped and 2 hup caps were missing, and the two hubcaps were chrome hubcaps over alloy wheels. The driver was dropping me off in a wrong location. This driver kept arguing with me that I was on 51^st Street and Tenth Avenue when in fact we were on 49^th Street. In the second attempt, I ordered an SUV and got a kind dude from the Caribbeans however dressed in black jeans over a white shirt, having dreads longer than Bob Marley with exposed tattoos and blasting music is not what I consider <a href="http://www.limousine-rental.net/">professional first class car servic</a>e. In the third attempt, I was picked up at 14^th Street and Bowery, the by an inexperienced courteous owner operator who I had to guide with hand and arm signals to get to Canal Street and Broadway, New York, NY. In addition, I have tested the Uber's driver app, and found the issues addressed in review cited above to be extremely accurate. I would like to add that during rain and thunderstorms, the App will not load properly and have network errors.</div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Not only do the fake reviews acts as a counter the true negative re,views, but they also serve as upping the hype. I found that some fake reviews are suggesting a $20 promo code and are repeatedly mentioning it all over and over with different names. These fake reviews with promo codes tend to say the same thing over and over. It is critical to be aware of such deceptive reviews which mislead the public.</div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> These fake reviews are not verifiable references, and they all say the same thing within review and give Uber 5 stars. It is not possible to have uniformity in reviews, especially when all are suggesting a promo code within the review. In addition, the 100% perfection rate with a zero percent margin for error even seems impossible for Ritz Carlton, St. Regis, Four Seasons, Peter Lugars Steakhouse and Virgin Airways. How does Uber manage to have 100% perfectly <a href="http://www.limousine-rental.net/">professional chauffeur</a> service at slightly higher than taxi prices? Is it possible in getting a private jet service at 20% higher than a Jet Blue economy service?</div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Please be wary of these online marketing specialists who are not only misleading public, but just need your credit card and gain a quick 35% mark up for services. That is correct, make 35% markup and not earning it. It is critical to be aware of online decepticons who are misleading readers by<u> UPPING the HYPE </u></div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I hope this article was useful to readers. Thank you for reading this article</div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div>

UBER CAR SERVICE FAKE Reviews: Upping the HYPE!

WOW- What an Uber Review? Real reviews VERSUS the Uber Decepticons upping the hype? In this day of age, we depend on reviews about a bus...

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