Uber ban @ Boston Convention and Exhibition Center? [View all]
A measure that would give licensed taxis five years of exclusive rights to the BCEC would force the convention center to use a “geo-fence,” or electronic blocker, to restrict the app-based ride-hailing services from accessing customers there, said James Folk, the BCEC’s transportation director.
“You’d have to put up a geo-fence around our property, which encompasses an area down to E Street. That would affect businesses across the street, the Dunkin’ Donuts, hotels. ... One of our venues is the Lawn on D.
A lot of millennials who go out there use (transportation network companies).”
It could also affect service at the Westin Hotel next door, the Boston Herald across the street and other nearby corporate offices and condos.
Read more at:
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2016/04/proposed_uber_ban_at_bcec_could_limit_service_in_seaport_district
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