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For the last year and a half the City of Everett has been working on regulations to cover Transportation Network Companies like Uber and Lyft. They have been operating in Everett for years with the only regulation that they and the independent contractors who drive using their apps get a general Everett business license. Now […]

“Who knew for-hire rules could be so complicated?” The Everett City Council knows. After more than a year of study and deliberation the Everett City Council held a public hearing Wednesday night on a proposed ordinance designed to provide some regulation to Transportation Network Companies or TNCs like Lyft and Uber who use technology to […]

Two years ago Uber and Experience Everett got together and threw a party to announce the service officially operating in Everett. Since that time the City of Everett has been working on leveling the playing field between traditional taxi companies and TNCs (Transportation Network Companies or rideshares like Uber and Lyft). Taxi companies and drivers […]

Right now there are no specific regulations in the city of Everett regulating ride sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. Soon the Everett City Council will get a look at regulations to cover what are known as Transportation Network Companies. The purpose of the regulations is to even the playing field between ride share […]