Tonight the Everett City Council unanimously approved an ordinance more than two years in the making covering regulations designed to level the playing field between taxis and transportation network companies like Lyft and Uber. Back in June of last year the city council passed an ordinance which contained items that both of those companies objected […]
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Everett Agrees To Uber And Lyft Changes In For-Hire Ordinance
January 14, 2018
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An ordinance will go before the Everett City Council on Wednesday that should finally settle issues around Everett’s for-hire ordinance. For the past three years Everett has tried to set up regulations that would somewhat level the playing field between Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) and traditional taxi service. Last June Everett passed an ordinance that […]
Everett To Re-Visit Ride Sharing Rules
January 10, 2018
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The City of Everett administration will be briefing the Everett City Council tonight on revised rules for ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft. The city had worked for a couple of years on an ordinance before passing rules last summer that covered how ride sharing and taxi service in Everett was supposed to operate. On […]
Everett Asks Lyft And Uber “What Do You Guys Want?”
September 10, 2017
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We’ve been covering the City of Everett attempts to “even the playing field” between taxi companies and ride share services such as Uber and Lyft over the last couple of years. In June the Everett City Council thought they had finally come up with a solution. That didn’t work when Uber and Lyft suspended service […]
Everett Suspends Rules Objected To By Uber And Lyft, Asks For Service To Resume
September 1, 2017
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Editor’s Update Froday 12:05 PM: Lyft has resumed service in Everett, Washington. Editor’s Update Friday 11:25 AM: Uber has resumed service. Here is their statement just issued… “We appreciate the decision by the City of Everett to allow us to continue providing safe and reliable transportation options to residents and visitors while the Council revisits […]
LYFT Suspends Ride-Share Service In Everett
August 31, 2017
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Today LYFT announced it was suspending ride-share service in the city limits of Everett. Here is a note sent to LYFT drivers today by Scott Coriell from the LYFT communications department. Hi all, I wanted to let you know that effective today, 8/31, Lyft has paused pick-ups in Everett. This stems from concerns over rules […]
January 31, 2018
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