{"id":4779,"date":"2015-08-31T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T21:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/uber-faces-300000-fine-court-case-from-philadelphia-regulators\/4779\/"},"modified":"2015-08-31T13:36:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T21:36:00","slug":"uber-faces-300000-fine-court-case-from-philadelphia-regulators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/uber-faces-300000-fine-court-case-from-philadelphia-regulators\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber Faces $300,000 Fine, Court Case From Philadelphia Regulators"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Bill Chappell<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Despite being declared illegal in the city, Uber has been operating in Philadelphia for 10 months. NPR<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The ride-hailing service Uber has served more than 1 million customers in Philadelphia, despite operating under disputed terms for nearly a year. Now the city’s regulators are taking the company to court.<\/p>\n

Uber says it doesn’t plan to stop operating in the city where it first launched service last October.<\/p>\n

Last November, Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission went against the preliminary recommendation of two judges to grant Uber a two-year license in the state. Philadelphia’s regulators didn’t agree with that \u2014 and they’ve imposed a $1,000-a-day fine on Uber for operating in the city.<\/p>\n

From Philadelphia, Bobby Allyn of member station WHYY<\/a> reports for our Newscast desk:<\/p>\n

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“Uber is legal everywhere in Pennsylvania but Philadelphia, where authorities are calling the app-based taxi enterprise an ‘illegal hack cab company.’<\/p>\n

“Vince Fenerty, who heads the Philadelphia Parking Authority, says the city has impounded dozens of Uber vehicles in undercover stings.<\/p>\n

” ‘The cars are not inspected; the drivers are not vetted,’ he says. ‘We don’t know who’s driving the cars; the criminal histories have not been checked by any regulatory agency.’<\/p>\n

An Uber spokesman says city regulators are trying to ‘protect an entrenched taxi system that doesn’t want to compete with change.’<\/p>\n

“<\/strong>Uber says it plans to fight the $300,000 fine, which has accumulated since city officials have been trying to shut down the company for the past 10 months.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\"Despite<\/a><\/div>\n
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Despite being declared illegal in the city, Uber has been operating in Philadelphia for 10 months. NPR<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

i<\/strong>toggle caption NPR<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The ride-hailing service Uber has served more than 1 million customers in Philadelphia, despite operating under disputed terms for nearly a year. Now the city’s regulators are taking the company to court.<\/p>\n

Uber says it doesn’t plan to stop operating in the city where it first launched service last October.<\/p>\n

Last November, Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission went against the preliminary recommendation of two judges to grant Uber a two-year license in the state. Philadelphia’s regulators didn’t agree with that \u2014 and they’ve imposed a $1,000-a-day fine on Uber for operating in the city.<\/p>\n

From Philadelphia, Bobby Allyn of member station WHYY<\/a> reports for our Newscast desk:<\/p>\n

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“Uber is legal everywhere in Pennsylvania but Philadelphia, where authorities are calling the app-based taxi enterprise an ‘illegal hack cab company.’<\/p>\n

“Vince Fenerty, who heads the Philadelphia Parking Authority, says the city has impounded dozens of Uber vehicles in undercover stings.<\/p>\n

” ‘The cars are not inspected; the drivers are not vetted,’ he says. ‘We don’t know who’s driving the cars; the criminal histories have not been checked by any regulatory agency.’<\/p>\n

An Uber spokesman says city regulators are trying to ‘protect an entrenched taxi system that doesn’t want to compete with change.’<\/p>\n

“<\/strong>Uber says it plans to fight the $300,000 fine, which has accumulated since city officials have been trying to shut down the company for the past 10 months.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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