Taxi Drivers, Ride-Hailing Services Battle On Beacon Hill

There's an ongoing battle for the streets, it's between ride-hailing companies like Uber or Lyft and traditional taxicabs.

Tuesday morning, the clash took place on Beacon Hill, with a sea of brightly colored shirts filling Gardner Auditorium. Taxi drivers wore yellow and Uber drivers wore blue, they were packed into a room room where legislators were discussing four proposals to regulate Uber and Lyft.

The bills propose greater governance of the ride-hailing companies, including comprehensive background checks for drivers and more liability insurance.

Steve Brown, WBUR reporter covering statehouse politics. He tweets @WBURSteve.

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