TAXI

KRISTEN TUELL
03/04/15
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U: MORGANTOWN

S: DAVID KESSLER/ WVU

STUDENT
S: KRISTEN TUELL/
@kristen_tuell

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AS TAXI SERVICES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY FIGHT TO
PROTECT THE STATUS QUO
OF TRANSPORTATION, RIDE
SHARING SERVICES SUCH AS
UBER CONTINUE TO GROW.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE
MAY SEE UBER IN THE
MORGANTOWN AREA?
REPORTER KRISTEN TUELL
HAS THE STORY.
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Nat sound car door.
FIVE YEARS AGO THE WEBBASED SERVICE UBER
OPENED THEIR CAR DOORS.
UBER ACTS A THIRD PARTY
TO CONNECT RIDERS WITH
DRIVERS USING THEIR OWN
VEHICLES AS ANOTHER TAXI
SERVICE.
Uber sounds like a better
alternative than Morgantown taxis.
Cause they would actually make
the area here more competitive.
Recently, Uber showed interest in
bringing their services to
Morgantown. This would
eliminate cash exchanges, meters,
licenses and potentially hurt the
only taxi service in Morgantown.
LAST YEAR, THE WEST
VIRGINIA TAXI ASSOCIATION
PETITIONED TO REQUIRE
UBER TO MEET THE SAME

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KRISTEN TUELL
03/14/15

S: BOBBY KING/ PRESIDENT

OF MORGANTOWN CAB
COMPANY INC.

S: KIM PERSINA/ WVU

FRESHMAN

STATE REGULATIONS.
RIGHT NOW, UBER DRIVERS
ONLY NEED TO MEET UBER
REQUIREMENTS. THE
MORGANTOWN CAB
COMPANYS BOBBY KING
SAYS THAT IS NOT FAIR.
If youre gonna do stuff, you
gotta do it on a level playing field.
I mean, theyre not regulated, they
dont have Our fares are set by
the government, by the state. The
State of West Virginia Public
Service Commission tells us what
were allowed to charge per mile.
Uber charges whatever they want."
WITH UBER, STUDENTS
WOULD HAVE THE CHANCE
TO USE OVER 100 PROMO
CODES FOR FREE RIDES.
AND, PRICING ISNT THE
ONLY COMPETING FACTOR
FOR LOCAL TAXIS.
Sometimes theyre good, other
times theyre like really unreliable
especially on like the weekends. It
usually takes like 2, 3 hours just
for them to like come and get
you.
UBER HAS NOT COMMITTED
TO THE AREA, BUT IF IT
DOES, THIS SERVICE
MAY BRING BIG
COMPETITION TO THE
MORGANTOWN CAB
COMPANY, AND BIG

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KRISTEN TUELL
03/04/15
BENEFITS TO LOCAL
RESIDENTS. KRISTEN TUELL,
WVU NEWS, MORGANTOWN.
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