Uber Settles Misleading Ads, Customer Overcharges Suit

Jeff Rose, president of the Limousine Association of New York (LCT file photo)

News February 20, 2019

New York City Steers Limousines Into The Uber Pile-Up

Commentary: Jeff Rose, president of Limousine Association of New York, explains how the permit cap ignores vital for-hire differences.

Will Uber face the same challenges as Amazon did? (Photo: Flickr user Carlos Pacheco)

News February 20, 2019

After New York City’s War With Amazon, Uber Could Be Next

Now that the new campus won't be setting up shop in Queens, the city is heading into battle with another tech giant.

Greater California Livery Association annual Legislative Day participants: Alaric Sales, Robert Gaskill, Mark Stewart, Don Mahnke, Mo Garkani, Harry Dhillon, Thomas Buck, Carlos Garcia, Darren Croasdale, and David Kinney, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, State Capitol, Sacramento, Calif. (LCT photos by Martin Romjue)

News February 19, 2019

California Operators Advance Core Messages

Public safety, fair labor, and stricter enforcement define this year’s legislative agenda for the GCLA.

Stretch limo (Photo: Wikimedia User Mr.choppers)

News February 13, 2019

NY Assemblyman Co-Sponsors Stretch Limousine Safety Act

The bill would put more strict laws and regulations in place regarding inspection and operation.

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Concourse C 02 (Photo via Flickr user Tim Evanson)

News February 13, 2019

Cleveland Officials Explain Reversal Of Airport Drop-Off Policy

Limo companies and others who deliver and pick up passengers expressed displeasure with the new system at council hearings last year.

GCLA leaders met Feb. 7 for a pre-Legislative Day strategy session in Los Angeles (photo: Facebook/ Carlos Garcia)

News February 11, 2019

California Operators Support TNC Drug, Alcohol Testing

The GCLA is urging legislators to heed the warnings of concerned groups and local governments.

A Lincoln MKT 120-in. stretch limousine, the safest and most common new limo on the road. (LCT file photo)

News February 6, 2019

Official Says Keeping Illegal Limos Off Roads Is Impossible

A New York Department of Transportation official says a ban on stretches and the power to seize plates will help DOT enforcement.

How do you engage them toward safer ground transportation? (Pexels photo by rawpixel)

Article February 2, 2019

Driving Riders To Safer Choices

FEB. LCT Editor's Edge: TNCs get slammed with negative media coverage. So why don't more travelers take the chauffeured route?

Atlanta could end up with a serious national black eye if the big-spending VIPs and corporate clients using chauffeured transportation can't conveniently get to the Super Bowl due to a state-generated luxury vehicle shortage. (Pixabay.com Creative Commons photo)

News February 1, 2019

Imposed Limo Shortage Burdens Super Bowl Transportation

The Georgia public safety bureaucracy is blocking out of state vehicles and creating an "extremely urgent situation."

Long Island operator Doug Schwartz appearing before the budget panel on transportation matters Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019 in Albany, N.Y. (LCT video screenshot)

News January 31, 2019

NY Operators Oppose Stretch Limo Ban At Budget Hearing

VIDEO: Industry association leaders Douglas Schwartz and Kevin Barwell promote the safe, legal use of chauffeured luxury vehicles.

Video January 31, 2019

New York Operators Oppose Stretch Limo Ban

Operators Douglas Schwartz of the Long Island Transportation Association and Kevin Barwell of the Limousine Bus Taxi Operators of Upstate New York went to Albany, N.Y. on Jan. 30, 2019 to speak before the Joint Legislative Public Hearing on the 2019-2020 Executive Budget to oppose a proposal to ban modified stretch limousines in the state of New York.