My Everett News

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

For months the City of Everett has been working on new rules to level the playing field between traditional taxi companies and TNCs (Transportation Network Companies or rideshares like Uber and Lyft). Right now there are no regulations covering TNCs in Everett while there are very specific rules for taxi companies. Last night the Everett […]

On Wednesday the Everett City Council will get a first look at proposed regulations covering for-hire transportation companies operating in the city limits. Right now taxi companies operating in Everett have multiple regulations while Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber and Lyft have little to no city regulation. With the increasing use of TNCs […]