St. Louis' Taxi Commission to Ticket Uber Drivers

It's hunting season for the Metropolitan Taxi Commission.

The commission, which regulates taxi drivers in St. Louis city and county, said it will begin seeking out UberX drivers in an attempt to issue citations. The announcement comes after California-based Uber's bid to pass statewide regulations for ride-hailing companies died in Jefferson City this month for the second year in a row. 

A spokesman with the commission said yesterday that no tickets have been issued to date, but that agents are on the lookout for drivers who are violating the taxi commission's codes.

Uber has been operating in St. Louis in defiance of local regulations since September 2015, when it announced it would begin providing services and basically dared the city to shut it down.…