Dulles-Based Urgent.Ly, MapQuest Team For Roadside Assistance Service
Two Dulles-based companies are teaming up to help you locate yourself and help get roadside assistance to you as quickly as possible. Urgent.ly and MapQuest are pairing up to score a bigger piece of the $10 billion roadside assistance industry, The Washington Post reports— in ways similar to how Uber has shaken up car service and taxi business. MapQuest is an AOL company that allows users to build online maps, and Urgent.ly is a startup formed in 2013 — by AOL veterans — whose app allows stranded motorists get roadside assistance. We've been keeping you up-to-date on Urgent.ly, which recently raised $1.2 million to expand its services…
