Chauffeur Training Seminars Return To LCT Show East

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Two sessions on chauffeur training will be held Sunday, Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. during LCT-NLA Show East for operators who want recruit and retain the best chauffeurs in a very competitive driver job market.

The sessions will be held in Avalon 21 in the Harrah’s Atlantic City Waterfront Conference Center.

Experienced operator Michael Lindsey of Lindsey Limousine in Hartford, Conn., will show attendees how to develop an in-house training program that can retrain current chauffeurs and impart high standards of safety and customer service to new ones.

Lindsey founded his company in 1989 with just one car, and has grown it to be one of the most prestigious and trusted chauffeured ground transportation company in the area. In 2009, the company acquired AirportLIMO.com – an online global Internet ground transportation company.

Lindsey Limousine has received numerous accolades and awards over the years for its staff and chauffeur training programs, use of technology, customer service, unique media and marketing efforts, and safety performance. Since 1990, Lindsey has conducted educational seminars at industry trade shows, and remains active within the limousine industry.

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Feds To Test Vehicle Connect Tech In New York Fleets

New York City will install vehicle-to-vehicle technology in 10,000 buses, taxis, limousines, and city fleet vehicles as part of a $23 million federally funded initiative designed to reduce future congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.

The 10,000 vehicles would include MTA buses, city DOT vehicles, NYTLC-licensed vehicles, and commercial trucks. About 7,500 taxis, 1,500 buses, 500 city vehicles, and 500 commercial vehicles will participate in the pilot and share anonymous data on speed, location and braking from other vehicles, as well as pedestrian walking and the delivering warning messages from other vehicles.

Government Fleet article here

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Uber Challenges Longtime Labor Roles; Bernie Gets Burned

IS UBER A REAL JOBS CREATOR? Reportedly valued at more than $50 billion during a recent fundraising round, Uber faces numerous challenges from municipal taxi regulators and the incumbent tax industry around the world, as well as questions about whether their drivers should be treated as full employees, independent contractors, or something else entirely. Quartz.com article here

INFLUENTIAL LAWYER TAKES ON UBER LABOR PRACTICES: With a raft of lawsuits challenging Uber Technologies Inc. and other startups that summon workers at the touch of an app, attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan has become one of the most influential—and controversial—figures in Silicon Valley. Wall Street Journal article here

India Uber Driver Gets Life Sentence For Rape: Driver Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32, was convicted of rape, criminal intimidation, endangering a woman’s life and kidnapping last month after the 2014 attack on a 25-year-old passenger. Newsweek.com article here

Uber Spooks Rider With Scary Surge Price: A New Mexico woman’s 45-minute ride home from downtown Albuquerque on Halloween night cost $500.17. It was her first time using the popular ride-sharing service. KOAT-TV Channel 7 article and video here

City Of Los Angeles Sued Over Environmental Effects Of TNCs At LAX: The Alliance for a Regional Solution to Airport Congestion alleged that the city improperly relied on exemptions to the California Environmental Quality Act when approving a non-exclusive license agreement for transportation network companies, or TNCs, such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. Law360.com article here

Uber Offering Bank Accounts Amid Fierce Competition For Drivers: Uber needs a steady supply of drivers to meet customer demand without charging surge prices—a known turnoff for users. Quartz.com article here

Why Drive? Wait For The Bus? Uber Launches Commuter Carpool Option: A new flat-fee long-distance uberPOOL option aimed at commuters offers pre-priced shared trips into bustling San Francisco. TechCrunch.com article here

Even Bernie’s Doing Uber: Just a couple months ago, Bernie Sanders lambasted Uber as an “unregulated” company with “serious problems,” but financial disclosures by the Democratic presidential candidate reveal that whenever his campaign requires a taxi, they literally always turn to Uber. And Democratic Presidential rival Hillary Clinton, who has blasted the TNC-led gig economy, devoted 41% of her campaign taxi costs to Uber. Daily Caller item here

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Hyundai Spins Off Genesis Nameplate Into Luxury Division

Hyundai plans to launch six new models by 2020 under its Genesis nameplate as a stand-alone global luxury brand to better compete with other luxury vehicles, the automaker has announced.

Automotive Fleet article here

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Capital Equipment Tax Write-Offs Make Now Good Time To Buy

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Operators who purchase any vehicles or products at the Nov. 8-10, LCT-NLA Show East can benefit from the Section 179 capital equipment tax write-offs still valid through 2015. 

To take advantage of the current deduction and any retroactive raise, operators must buy the equipment and place it into service by Dec. 31, 2015. 

The Section 179 Deduction is now $25,000 for 2015. This means businesses can deduct the full cost of equipment from their 2015 taxes, up to $25,000, with a “total equipment purchased for the year” threshold of $200,000, according to a tax deduction explainer from Crest Capital. Section 179 is a true small to medium business tax deduction. The deduction is unaffected until $200,000 in equipment purchases is reached (where it then decreases on a dollar for dollar basis.)

As of Nov. 3, 17 limousine and bus OEMs, manufacturers, coachbuilders and dealers had reserved exhibit space for the Show at Harrah’s Atlantic City’s Waterfront Conference Center, site of the trade show. Exhibitors will display vehicles for 11 hours total across the three days of the show.

ALL LCT EAST EXHIBITOR INFO HERE

Related article: Depreciation Tax Extenders Big Bonus For Business Owners

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