Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit AILSA CHANG, HOST: Uber may not be able to operate in London for much longer. The top transportation authority there says it will not renew Uber's license. The ride-hailing service is appealing that decision. And in the meantime, Uber can keep operating. London's move is being applauded by taxi drivers, as you might expect, but many Uber customers are not so happy. NPR's Chris Arnold reports. CHRIS ARNOLD, BYLINE: In London today, people are being forced to envision life without Uber cars. It's a bleak vision for Yurr-Ann Chin and Svenya Tishmyer (ph). UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Taxis are so expensive in London, so I usually rely on Uber at the moments during the night to get home from bars or clubs because the Tube doesn't go at night. ARNOLD: Of course people could try to grab one of those stately looking black cabs. Arun Sundararajan is a business professor at NYU who was born in the U.K. ARUN SUNDARARAJAN: Of all the cities in the world, London's
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