Latest ride-hailing legislation seeks to solve the Philadelphia problem

Cabbies say services like Uber and Lyft – which let people use smartphone apps to book and pay for a private vehicle service – have dramatically cut into their ability to earn a living. Lyft may have no more than 2,500 drivers in Nevada under its license conditions.

Any change to existing PUC code, which is what would be required to permanently recognize ride-hailing companies in Pennsylvania, would have to come from the Legislature.

Ride-for-hire services, such as Uber and Lyft, represent big business in Greater Boston, but the companies and their drivers aren’t the only ones making a buck off the booming technology. She said the company plans to launch “very soon” and will do so simultaneously in northern and southern Nevada. On Monday, the Nevada Transportation Authority approved licenses for both companies to operate in the state. She stated the corporate was in ongoing discussions with the county concerning the proposed ordinance.

Ridesharing in Vegas isn’t entirely a done deal yet – officials of Clark County, which is where Las Vegas resides, are finalizing their own local ordinance.

Commissioners didn’t act on that complaint during their Tuesday meeting.

Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin did not have fast remark Monday on the talks with ride-hailing corporations.

Lyft spokeswoman Chelsea Wilson said the company wanted to be respectful of Clark County’s process but also believes the law requires ride-hailing companies to be up and running by October 15.

Lawmakers passed two hard-fought bills this spring that authorized the companies to operate in the state and imposed a 3 percent fare tax for taxi and ride-hailing companies. Wayne Fontana, D-Brookline, was the first to introduce, then later reintroduce, a bill to create a new “transportation network company” category for Lyft and Uber and similar entities. The NTA had adopted regulations governing ride-hailing in the state on Friday.

Steve Thompson, general manager of Uber in Nevada, said the company’s concern about fingerprint checks is that they often identify arrest records, but not final dispositions so that a prospective driver could be exonerated from an arrest and it wouldn’t show up in the review.