Austin Yellow Cab gets new app to hail a ride.

Austin Yellow Cab gets new app to hail a ride.

Yellow Cab Austin, its business battered by new competition from ridesharing companies, is adding a new app to hail cabs — and it strays from the term “cab” in this rideshare-loving environment. The company announced Thursday that it will begin using the ZTrip app for...
What’s This Local Ride-Hailing Company zTrip?

What’s This Local Ride-Hailing Company zTrip?

Originally published on May 12, 2016 7:30 pm Austin is facing its first weekend in more than two years without Uber or Lyft. Both companies pulled out Monday to protest voter rejection of Proposition 1, which would have eliminated mandatory fingerprint-based...
Another Uber-like service coming to Austin.

Another Uber-like service coming to Austin.

Another company is planning to launch a new, taxi-company-backed ride-hailing service in Austin in early 2016. The news comes as Uber Technologies inc. and Lyft Inc. have made threats to leave the market if the Austin City Council on Thursday passes regulations they...