A taxi driver waits for a meeting of the Seattle City Council on March 17 in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

OLYMPIA, Wash. (Reuters) - Seattle lawmakers on Monday voted to cap the number of rideshare company drivers in a hotly contested move to limit a industry that has emerged in scores of cities to compete with traditional taxis.

The rules, approved unanimously by the Seattle City Council, will limit each of the three ridesharing companies – UberX, Lyft, and Sidecar – operating in the PacificNorthwest city of about 630,000 people to 150 drivers on the road at any time.

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