Uber on Tuesday announced a multiyear partnership with Los Angeles Yellow Cab and other taxi fleets across Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties.
The seemingly random firing of drivers is one way ride-hail companies keep workers powerless. Can’t they bear the cost of humane engagement?But Rouse said he prefers not to focus on the sordid past. He said Uber first reached out to the taxi industry at a trade association conference a few years ago: “It was surprising, but I think everything’s gone really well. In my personal discussions with [Uber] I’ve seen nothing but professionalism.
Uber and the taxi companies’ technology will be integrated in phases. At first, Uber’s app will be loaded onto drivers tablets, and drivers will receive calls via the app. Eventually, Uber will integrate directly with the taxi companies’ dispatch system. L.A. Yellow Cab and its partner fleets that Rouse oversees all offer rides on digital platform RideYellow. Once taxi drivers sign up, they will begin to receive Uber trip referrals in the coming weeks.
After Uber’s San Francisco taxi pilot program went public last year, some taxi drivers voiced concerns about Uber’s continually growing presence. Uber pointed toby the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency that found drivers who provided Uber trips from April through June of this year earned an average of $1,767 a month from those trips, which was 23.8% more on average than taxi drivers who did not provide Uber trips.
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