Lawsuits are flying and taxi demonstrations are jamming streets from London and Paris to Boston, all because smartphone apps like Uber aim to make it easier to hail a ride.Uber hasn’t made huge Canadian inroads beyond Toronto and Montreal just yet. But the online ride-sharing service, along with similar apps like Lyft that are popping up around the world, has shaken traditional taxi services and drawn the ire of local governments.
It also shut down many of Europe’s capitals on Wednesday as taxi protests clogged streets in London, Berlin, Paris and Madrid.
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