Washington takes on Uber with its own taxi app

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: Washington DC is developing its own Uber-like app.

WASHINGTON: Washington is developing a smartphone app to enable its taxis to compete head-on with Uber and other ride-sharing services, the US capital’s taxi commission said. 

Beta testing of the Universal DC TaxiApp is scheduled to begin in March, and if all goes well it could be fully in service by late spring.