The head of Philadelphia’s taxi union is demanding that the city’s parking authority level the playing field with ridesharing services, like Uber and Lyft, and warning that failure to do so will decimate the city’s taxi and limousine companies.
President of the Unified Taxi Workers Alliance of Pennsylvania Ronald Blount filed for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction with the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on Tuesday evening, asking the court to bar the Philadelphia Parking Authority from allegedly playing favorites with ridesharing services, while “micro-regulat[ing] every facet” of the taxicab industry.
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