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Do Hailo and Uber taxi e-hail apps defy a NYC judge’s orders? Nobody knows
TransportNew York City’s much-anticipated e-hail app program was cut short by a temporary restraining order (TRO) just days after launch, but that hasn’t halted the operations of the two startups that were already approved for participation. Hailo and Uber‘s cab drivers continue to pick up passengers via the companies’ mobile e-hail apps every day. Why do they [...]
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Taxi-hailing apps are illegal again in NYC, day after launch
TransportNew York livery car groups won a bid to block a pilot program that would enable people to hail and pay for rides in one of the city’s 13,000 yellow taxis using location-based smartphone applications. The measure adopted by the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission in December would run for 12 months and [...]
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Hailo gets the green light to participate in NYC’s e-hail pilot program
TransportDuring a panel discussion at Disrupt called “Urban Transportation,” the CEO and co-founder of Hailo, Jay Bregman, announced that the on-demand taxi service has gotten the go-ahead to operate in the New York City area within the next couple of hours. The London-based company has raised $50.6M to date, covering cities all over the world [...]
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Hailo launched its taxi e-hail app in New York without the city’s approval
TransportUpdate: Hailo has been approved. Read story here. Hailo prematurely launched its e-hail app service this weekend in New York City following judge approval of the city’s one-year E-Hail Pilot Program. The Taxi and Limousine Commission is currently in the process of approving e-hail apps, and released a message on Friday that Uber was the first provider to be approved. That [...]
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Uber is first e-hail app to be approved in NYC’s yearlong pilot program
TransportNew York City’s pilot program for e-hail apps officially starts today and Uber is the first provider to be approved, confirms Taxi and Limousine Commissioner David Yassky. The one-year pilot program was approved by the Taxi and Limousine Commission in December 2012, and okayed by the New York State Supreme Court on Tuesday. “There are several other companies [...]
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Judge blocks e-hail taxi app pilot program in New York City
TransportA pilot program that would allow people in New York City to hail yellow cabs using a smartphone app was blocked by a judge on Thursday, handing a victory to private car companies that have said the program threatens their business. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Carol Huff granted a request from the livery companies to [...]
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Hailo taxi hail service’s latest round includes strategic funding from Japanese teleco KDDI
DestinationsOn-demand taxi service Hailo is looking east. After successful launches in cities throughout Europe and North America, the startup is intent on bringing its e-hail application to Tokyo, Japan. To do so, the company has created a Japanese subsidiary, and it’s raised some strategic funding from Japanese telco KDDI, in addition to Union Square Ventures, [...]
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Hailo readies for New York’s taxi app showdown with $30 million in funding
TransportHailo, the European taxi-hailing app, is raising a large round of funding as it prepares to do battle in the U.S. market, specifically in New York City. The London-based company is poised to close a $30 million in Series B funding, according to multiple sources close to the situation, with the likely lead investor being [...]
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UPDATED: New York City’s taxi commission says “yes” to one year trial of taxi-hailing apps
TransportNew York City’s Taxi and Livery Commission met this morning to decide whether or not consumers will be allowed to hail and or pay for yellow cab rides in Manhattan with apps by companies like Uber, Hailo, Lyft, or some other upstart. Seven TLC commission members voted in favor of a one-year trial, with two members [...]
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How Hailo plans to succeed with New York City’s yellow cabs where Uber failed
TransportTaxi-booking app Hailo launched in Boston yesterday, its first American city of many, says the startup’s CEO, Jay Bregman. Hailo is looking to expand in Chicago and then New York by year’s end and is following in the skidmarks of Uber, which officially pulled its UberTAXI service out of New York Tuesday. Although the two [...]
