However, the company dropped "Cab" from its name and has been allowed to continue to operate in the state.
Dropping Cab from the name, certainly made it easier for Uber to argue that its business is about software rather than transportation.
Since the California Public Utilities Commission created a legal framework for ride-sharing companies in the state, there has been a precipitous drop in cab rides, due in part to lower prices from new upstart competitors.
Since the order, UberCab has officially dropped the cab (even its website url is now uberapp.com) and the service is working with authorities to stay in business.
The company dropped the "cab" part of the name to distance itself from the accusation that it's running a taxi service.
Instead, the taxi companies responded by forcing Uber to drop the word "cab" from its name and lobbied extensively on the regulatory side.
Request that the cab drop you off at 116th Street and Broadway, as this is the main entrance to campus.
Faulks vs Fleming: opening chapters compared Devil May Care, Sebastian Faulks May, the Scottish "treasure" who looked after Bond's flat in Chelsea, was trying to complete her house-warming preparations when she heard the cab drop him outside the front door in the quiet street.
When she attended Columbia University, she recalled being so anxious about her peers viewing her as a snob that she had a cab drop her off blocks from school.
The cab dropped her off at the Canadian customs office.
