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On the Verge of Extinction, Taxi Industry Asks For Changes In Changing Industry
HARTFORD, CT — The president of one of the largest taxi cab companies in Connecticut told the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee Thursday that the taxi industry “is very near extinction.”
Bill Scalzi, president of MetroTaxi, said they’ve watched their customer base disappear “as a result of the oversaturation of for-hire vehicles.”
Scalzi was referring to ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft.
Scalzi said the legislation being debated Thursday would “legitimize” those companies, “without giving the taxi industry a means to compete.”
Read more: http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/taxi_industry_asks_for_changes_in_changing_industry/