The lawyer who filed suit against on-demand-private-driver service Uber said he is now targeting the ride-sharing app SideCar, which last week added Boston to its growing roster of cities.
Calling itself a ride-sharing service is merely a way for SideCar to avoid taxi regulations, said Sam Perkins, who represents the Boston Cab Association.
"Both existing taxi companies and the hackney division need to pay attention to any private transportation company whose drivers don't meet hackney division standards and whose cars haven't passed safety inspections," Perkins said.
Just to apply for a hackney license in Boston, drivers have to meet 13 criteria, including undergoing criminal record and sex offender registry checks, he said.
Nick Allen, SideCar's co-founder, said drivers who offer rides to people through its app also undergo those checks and must have a valid license and registration.
Unlike cab fares, however, payment is up to the discretion of the passenger and made via the app, with 20 percent going to SideCar, Allen said, and both driver and passenger can rate each other at the end of the trip.
"We don't charge a metered fee," he said. "We are a technology platform, not a transportation company. We also take safety very seriously."
Since it launched in San Francisco last June, SideCar has facilitated more than 100,000 rides in eight cities, Allen said.
Last Tuesday, members of Boston's taxi industry filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court against the company's competitor, San Francisco-based Uber, accusing it of operating a car-for-hire service that violates state and city laws, and deceives consumers about fees, drivers, safety and insurance.
Michael Pao, general manager of Uber Boston, called the charges "baseless," adding Gov. Deval Patrick reversed a prior ban on the service in the Hub last summer.
Ira Kantor contributed to this report.
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