Emanuel: It’s giving riders choice — not favoring Uber — with airport pickups

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday defended his decision to give cabdrivers a 15 percent fare increase, but hand ride-hailing companies that have siphoned business away from the taxis the lucrative right to make pickups at McCormick Place and O’Hare and Midway airports. Cabdrivers have accused the mayor of giving away the store to Uber, the ride-hailing […]