App-based rideshares, taxis await Seattle vote

Published March 17, 2014 4:00am ET



SEATTLE (AP) — In a fight pitting upstart technology and traditional business, app-based ridesharing firms and taxi companies are dueling for supremacy in the Seattle market.

But the next round will be shaped in part by the City Council, which is set to vote on ridesharing regulations Monday, and neither side is happy with the pending decision.

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