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Under the new proposal, the city will create a transportation network companies (TNC) ordinance that would require city audits twice annually. Audits would review records to ensure compliance with insurance requirements, performing safety checks on vehicles and checking drivers' backgrounds, using multi-state criminal records and national sex offender registry databases.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Florida\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2015/05/26/florida-says-uber-drivers-are-employees-but-fedex-other-cases-promise-long-battle/\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Says Uber Drivers Are Employees, But FedEx, Other Cases Promise Long Battle\u003c/a> (Forbes)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber promises good open-ended pay, flexible hours, even discounts on vehicles. But employee status? No way. Health and dental coverage? Tax withholding? Nope. 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Brownback vetoed the safety regulation bill, but the Legislature overrode his veto. Uber resumed service in the state within two minutes of Brownback’s signing of the new bill, which represents a compromise.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Long Beach\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-long-beach-uber-20150514-story.html\">Long Beach allows taxis to lower fares as they compete with Uber, Lyft\u003c/a> (LA Times)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Long Beach officials are pursuing a new strategy to resolve the growing rift between taxi drivers and ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft, becoming the nation's first large city to relax restrictions on cabs, rather than increase regulation of their new competitors. Removing requirements that taxi drivers say have put them at a competitive disadvantage, the City Council voted Tuesday to allow its exclusive cab franchise to rebrand itself, update the appearance of its fleet and offer variable, discounted fares, free rides and other price promotions to lure customers.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Maryland\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-uber-ocean-city-20150521-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Uber to launch in Ocean City, St. Michaels on Friday\u003c/a> (WBAL)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber will start offering rides to smartphone-equipped beachgoers and vacationers in Ocean City and St. Michaels ... the popular rideshare company announced Thursday. ... It's expansion to the Eastern Shore comes after it and other companies like it, including Lyft, won a key victory in Annapolis this past session, when legislators passed a bill outlining a new framework for the companies to operate legally in the state. Prior to the legislation passing, Uber had been in a protracted dispute over regulations with the Maryland Public Service Commission and representatives from the state's traditional taxi industry.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Massachussetts\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wbur.org/2015/05/22/uber-cape-cod-marthas-vineyard-nantucket\" target=\"_blank\">Uber Launches On Cape Cod And The Islands\u003c/a> (WBUR)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The ride-for-hire service Uber will begin operating on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Friday. The service will launch in the beach communities at 5 p.m. Friday evening, just in time for Memorial Day weekend. ... Regulations, however, are likely on the way. Gov. Charlie Baker last month proposed new legislation that would require ride-for-hire services to conduct background checks on drivers and ensure cars have proper insurance. It has not yet been taken up by the Legislature.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Nevada\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-legislature/legislature-approves-bill-authorizing-uber-lyft-nevada\">Legislature approves bill authorizing Uber, Lyft in Nevada\u003c/a> (Las Vegas Review-Journal)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A bill authorizing ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft to operate in Nevada won approval early Saturday in the Nevada Legislature, but it didn’t happen without plenty of confusion. A 3 percent excises tax on fares, including on taxis and limousines, was also approved, which will raise tens of millions in new revenue, including $19 million to fully fund the new medical school at UNLV. In Assembly and Senate floor sessions that lasted until the early morning hours on Saturday, the Assembly signed off on Assembly Bill 175, sending it to Gov. Brian Sandoval, who is expected to sign the measure.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>New York City\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cnbc.com/id/102706872\">Taxi drivers fight back against Uber and Lyft\u003c/a> (CNBC)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>As valuations for major ride-hailing players including Lyft soar into the billions, the value of traditional taxicab medallions is declining. Medallions are city-issued licenses to operate cabs. But some New York City medallion owners are fighting back. They're trying to craft their own app solutions, albeit with mixed results, and working longer hours to pay the bills.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://nypost.com/2015/05/25/nyc-uber-drivers-converting-cars-to-yellow-taxis/\" target=\"_blank\">NYC Uber drivers converting cars to yellow taxis\u003c/a> (NY Post)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber drivers are transforming their black cars into taxis as part of a Taxi and Limousine Commission pilot project, The Post has learned. So far, five hacks have gone through with the makeover, and seven more are in the pipeline, the TLC said. ... The program was approved in January, and accepts cars no older than two years, reversing a nearly 20-year-old TLC requirement that only new cars be added to the city’s taxi fleet. ... It comes as Uber cars now outnumber yellow cabs, 14,088 to 13,587, according to TLC data released in March. Taxis still make more trips.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pittsburgh\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2484605,00.asp\">Uber Testing Self-Driving Car in Pittsburgh? Not Quite\u003c/a> (PC)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Is an Uber self-driving car travelling around the greater Pittsburgh area? Unfortunately not. As much as we'd love to see a day when an unmanned vehicle can pick us up and take us on our way (and let us blast our Spotify playlists as loudly as we want), we're not quite there yet. Though news reports have suggested that Uber is testing a self-driving vehicle around Pittsburgh recently, that's not quite the case. That said, Uber does have some test cars driving around—easily discernible by their all-black appearance, Uber logo, and \"Uber Advanced Technologies Center\" branding on the side, in addition to the curious array of sensors and other electronic items attached to the car's roof.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Portland\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.opb.org/news/article/ubers-wheelchair-accessible-option-in-portland-doesnt-work-9-to-5/\" target=\"_blank\">Uber's Wheelchair-Accessible Option In Portland Doesn't Work 9 to 5\u003c/a> (Oregon Public Broadcasting)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Four weeks have passed since Uber legally re-launched its service in Portland on April 24, after the city council, in a divided vote, approved a 4-month long experiment in taxi deregulation. ... One of the city’s victories in the negotiations that allowed Uber to re-launch was Uber’s commitment to provide wheelchair-accessible rides. Uber provides some form of wheelchair-accessible service in several other cities, including San Francisco, Chicago and New York, but Portland was the first place where the company agreed to launch its wheelchair option, which it calls the WAV view, from the start. ... Based on their own description of what they offer, Uber’s service appears to fall well short of the city’s requirements that transportation app companies provide equitable service to people with disabilities, including those in wheelchairs. The contractor Uber works with to provide wheelchair vans, First Transit, has no drivers working on the Uber platform during the day on weekdays, and has just one van driver working on call from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Seattle\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.geekwire.com/2015/uber-lyft-may-soon-be-allowed-to-pick-up-passengers-at-seattle-airport/\" target=\"_blank\">Uber, Lyft may soon be allowed to pick up passengers at Seattle airport\u003c/a> (GeekWire)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Smartphone owners needing a ride from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport may soon have a few more transportation options. The Port of Seattle has been in negotiations with Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar — also known as “transportation network companies,” or TNCs — and could allow the companies to pick up passengers at Sea-Tac as soon as next month.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Texas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2015/05/21/368968.htm\">Uber Facing Another Setback As Texas Passes on Ridesharing Law\u003c/a> (Bloomberg)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber Technologies Inc.’s attempt to replace a patchwork of local rules in Texas with a state law regulating its car-booking business is headed for defeat because lawmakers have yet to act on a key measure with only days remaining in the legislative session. Barring a last-minute change of course in the Capitol in Austin, the company will walk away empty-handed in the second- most-populous U.S. state as it seeks to expand after reports this month said a new round of funding would boost its valuation to an estimated $50 billion.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Washington, D.C.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/wp/2015/05/21/uber-and-lyft-could-soon-be-operating-at-national-dulles-airports/\" target=\"_blank\">Uber and Lyft could soon be operating at National, Dulles airports\u003c/a> (Washington Post)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority on Wednesday unveiled a plan to allow the popular app-based car services to operate at both airports. Under the proposal, the airports would designate waiting areas for rideshare vehicles so drivers could arrange trips with passengers while already on the airport premises. This would help reduce the customer wait time for the ride.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://dcinno.streetwise.co/2015/05/26/dc-uber-lyft-regulations-lead-to-taxi-union-lawsuit/\">Can the Taxi Union Get the Courts to Shut down Uber and Lyft in DC?\u003c/a> (DC Inno)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber, Lyft and Sidecar were given an unfair advantage by the regulations approved last year by the D.C. Council according to the Metro Area Taxi Operators Association. The taxi union, which is affiliated with the Teamsters, filed a class-action lawsuit with six D.C. taxi drivers in U.S. District Court against the city on Friday. The Vehicle-forHire Innovation Amendment Act of 2014 \"creates an irrational, two-tiered regulatory system that unconstitutionally harms the economic and property interests of the Taxicab Service Plaintiffs and similarly situated taxicab permit holders,\" according to the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch2>International\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Australia\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/turf-war-intensifies-between-uber-and-taxis-after-driver-claims-foot-run-over/story-fni0fee2-1227367443781\">Turf war intensifies between Uber and taxis after driver claims foot run over\u003c/a> (Herald Sun)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A taxi turf war was behind an alleged dispute that saw an UberX driver run over a young cabbie’s foot in East Melbourne on Saturday night, industry insiders claim. Police are investigating the alleged incident, which Silver Top taxi driver Syed Rizvi says has left him with a bruised and swollen foot and unable to work for at least a month. Uber has hit back at the allegation, saying its driver was “intimidated and physically threatened” by taxi drivers at the scene of the alleged altercation.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/wa-transport-department-launches-prosecutions-against-19-uber-drivers/story-fnhocxo3-1227369745223\">WA Transport Department launches prosecutions against 19 Uber drivers\u003c/a> (Perth Now)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>WA’S Department of Transport has ramped up its action against ride-sharing smartphone app Uber, launching 19 more prosecutions against its drivers. A department spokeswoman said on Tuesday the 19 prosecutions were initiated earlier this month for failing to comply with a lawful direction of an authorised officer under the Taxi Act 1994.\u003cbr>\n“These prosecutions are a result of previously issued “notice to produce orders”. As these matters are now before the courts, DoT is not able to provide further comment,” she said. This brings the number of prosecutions against Uber drivers in WA to 20.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>China\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cnbc.com/id/102705599\">Chinese city of Guangzhou to launch Uber rival service\u003c/a> (CNBC)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Guangzhou's municipal government is planning to launch its own Uber-like online taxi hire service, only weeks after police closed the San Francisco-based transport app's office in the southern Chinese city. The new company, Ruyue (meaning \"by appointment\"), will offer rides to customers using a smartphone app. However, the journeys will be provided by the four taxi companies with licences to operate in Guangzhou, which had faced competition from Uber before it was shut.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>France\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-dealt-fresh-blow-by-french-court-1432295784\">Uber Dealt Fresh Blow by French Court\u003c/a> (The Wall Street Journal)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber Technologies Inc. lost a round in its ongoing legal battles in Europe, when a French court upheld parts of a transport law aimed at reining in the California-based car-hailing firm. The decision is a fresh blow to Uber, which faces a more important ruling on other elements of a law passed last October, in particular one that criminalizes Uber’s low-cost service, Uberpop, which uses drivers without commercial licenses.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hungary\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://hungarytoday.hu/news/taxi-app-uber-go-business-hungary-tax-authority-sting-24489\" target=\"_blank\">Taxi App Uber Could Go Out Of Business In Hungary After Tax Authority Sting\u003c/a> (Hungary Today)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>An investigation conducted by the National Tax and Customs Administration has found that all Uber drivers examined broke tax regulations, and hefty fines suggest that the taxi app could go out of business in Hungary. During the first series of checks by tax officers disguised as passengers, conducted in May, the tax authority found that none of the tested drivers had a VAT number or produced an invoice. Drivers failed to install taxi meters in their cars and there were no blank receipts or invoices provided. The drivers, who were found to offer the service in a “business-like” manner, had neither a taxi licence or a certificate of medical condition. Those who were found to break the rules may now be hit by fines up to HUF 200 000 and the tax authority said that it will carry out further checks on every single Uber driver.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Italy\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/italian-court-bans-unlicensed-taxi-services-like-uber-1.2226506\" target=\"_blank\">Italian court bans unlicensed taxi services like Uber\u003c/a> (Reuters)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>An Italian court on Tuesday banned unlicensed car-sharing services such as those offered by Uber, in another setback for the fast-growing US car service whose smartphone app summons rides at the touch of a button. Uber has been gaining popularity among passengers seeking lower cost car rides, triggering protests across Europe by heavily regulated traditional taxi drivers. The court in Italy’s business capital Milan said the Uber POP service, which links private drivers with passengers through an easy-to-use smartphone app, created “unfair competition”.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>London, UK\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/black-cabbies-prepare-cause-london-5763792\" target=\"_blank\">Black cabbies prepare to cause London gridlock in protest against taxi app Uber\u003c/a> (Mirror)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The drivers of London's iconic black cabs will take to the streets this afternoon in a protest against Uber's increasing domination of the taxi industry. Hundreds of cabbies are expected to descend on the Victoria headquarters of Transport for London at 2pm, potentially causing traffic to back up around the city. Today's protest is organised by an organisation called United Cabbies Group, but its concerns are shared across the industry.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Mexico City\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wsj.com/articles/mexico-city-cabbies-block-streets-to-protest-against-uber-1432593861\">Mexico City Cabbies Block Streets to Protest Against Uber\u003c/a> (Wall Street Journal)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Hundreds of taxi drivers blocked main thoroughfares in Mexico City on Monday to demand that authorities crack down on the popular ride-hailing service Uber, which responded by offering free trips throughout the day to its users. The protest against Uber Technologies Inc., its smaller Spain-based counterpart Cabify, and unlicensed cabbies turned parts of the capital’s streets into virtual parking lots dominated by the pink-and-white taxis that are licensed by the city government.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As we've covered the regulatory triumphs and travails of San Francisco-based Uber and Lyft in California over the last several years, we've also kept an eye on how the companies are faring around the country and, in Uber's case, around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The transportation network companies, or TNCs, as California designates them, have done battle with legislatures, city councils, the insurance industry and especially local taxi companies and drivers in their remarkably rapid expansion into new markets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Disruption\" is a tech conceit that has almost become a cliche, but there really is no other word for what the nascent ride-service firms have inflicted upon the heavily regulated business of taxis. They once provided a traditional fallback profession for those who either wanted a more independent work life or a temporary bridge to a more conventional gig, but they've seen downward pressure on drivers' ability to make a living due to the new competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More recently, drivers for Uber and Lyft, who once spoke so glowingly about the money and flexibility their driving jobs afforded them, have also started to grumble over cuts in their wages as a result of the firms slashing prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On any given day, dozens of news stories are written about Uber, a $40-50 billion juggernaut, and its much smaller top competitor, Lyft. Here's a snapshot of what's been going on recently, from a Florida regulatory ruling that an Uber driver qualifies for unemployment as an employee of the company, to Long Beach's decision to relax regulations on its taxi industry so as to put it on a more even footing with TNCs, to prosecutions against Uber drivers in Perth, Australia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Akron\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ohio.com/business/lin-fisher/ride-sharing-services-uber-lyft-growing-in-akron-area-1.594071\" target=\"_blank\">Ride-sharing services, Uber, Lyft growing in Akron area \u003c/a> (Akron Beacon Journal)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber and Lyft, two ride-sharing companies that have been growing nationally and internationally, both entered the Akron market last year. Their presence is growing, coupled with a more robust market in the Cleveland area. ... Uber has been in Ohio since October 2013 and is in all six of the major cities, Cleveland, Akron, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton and Toledo, said James Ondrey, general manager for Uber Ohio and Kentucky.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bloomington, Ill.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/uber-pilot-project-reduces-city-s-role-in-regulating-vehicles/article_c6b83974-77a4-55b9-9b2f-0782b4d13b04.html\">Uber pilot project reduces city's role in regulating vehicles for hire \u003c/a>(Pantagraph)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber, taxis and other vehicles for hire could do their own driver background checks and vehicle safety inspections under a pilot program the Bloomington City Council will consider Tuesday. Currently, the city and the police department are involved in that oversight. ... Under the new proposal, the city will create a transportation network companies (TNC) ordinance that would require city audits twice annually. Audits would review records to ensure compliance with insurance requirements, performing safety checks on vehicles and checking drivers' backgrounds, using multi-state criminal records and national sex offender registry databases.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Florida\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2015/05/26/florida-says-uber-drivers-are-employees-but-fedex-other-cases-promise-long-battle/\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Says Uber Drivers Are Employees, But FedEx, Other Cases Promise Long Battle\u003c/a> (Forbes)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber promises good open-ended pay, flexible hours, even discounts on vehicles. But employee status? No way. Health and dental coverage? Tax withholding? Nope. Darrin McGillis was a driver in Florida who was in a car accident so could no longer pick up passengers. Buzzfeed reported on the case in which McGillis couldn’t get Uber to help, so he filed for unemployment. Hey, I qualify since I’m effectively an employee, McGillis claimed. Sure enough, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity agreed with him that he was actually an employee. Predictably, Uber disagrees with the decision and will surely fight it vigorously. A separate report on McGillis’s case in \u003ca href=\"http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article21599697.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Miami Herald\u003c/a> notes that Uber has managed to get similar state decisions overturned. Although the case only involves one Uber driver and in Florida at that, this case and the inevitable others like it will be watched. Recently, a survey showed that contract workers for Uber and numerous other companies don’t get benefits and have trouble getting them on their own.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Kansas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article21673137.html\" target=\"_blank\">Uber returns to Kansas after bill-signing Friday\u003c/a> (Kansas City Star)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber has officially returned to Kansas, and Gov. Sam Brownback was one of its first passengers upon signing a new law designed to bring the ride-hailing service back to the Sunflower State. ... Brownback’s signing of SB 101 puts an end to a controversy that has besieged the Legislature in recent weeks. ... Uber announced it was pulling out of Kansas and halted all service earlier this month after the Legislature established insurance and safety regulations for ride-hailing services. Brownback vetoed the safety regulation bill, but the Legislature overrode his veto. Uber resumed service in the state within two minutes of Brownback’s signing of the new bill, which represents a compromise.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Long Beach\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-long-beach-uber-20150514-story.html\">Long Beach allows taxis to lower fares as they compete with Uber, Lyft\u003c/a> (LA Times)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Long Beach officials are pursuing a new strategy to resolve the growing rift between taxi drivers and ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft, becoming the nation's first large city to relax restrictions on cabs, rather than increase regulation of their new competitors. Removing requirements that taxi drivers say have put them at a competitive disadvantage, the City Council voted Tuesday to allow its exclusive cab franchise to rebrand itself, update the appearance of its fleet and offer variable, discounted fares, free rides and other price promotions to lure customers.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Maryland\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-uber-ocean-city-20150521-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Uber to launch in Ocean City, St. Michaels on Friday\u003c/a> (WBAL)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber will start offering rides to smartphone-equipped beachgoers and vacationers in Ocean City and St. Michaels ... the popular rideshare company announced Thursday. ... It's expansion to the Eastern Shore comes after it and other companies like it, including Lyft, won a key victory in Annapolis this past session, when legislators passed a bill outlining a new framework for the companies to operate legally in the state. Prior to the legislation passing, Uber had been in a protracted dispute over regulations with the Maryland Public Service Commission and representatives from the state's traditional taxi industry.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Massachussetts\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wbur.org/2015/05/22/uber-cape-cod-marthas-vineyard-nantucket\" target=\"_blank\">Uber Launches On Cape Cod And The Islands\u003c/a> (WBUR)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The ride-for-hire service Uber will begin operating on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Friday. The service will launch in the beach communities at 5 p.m. Friday evening, just in time for Memorial Day weekend. ... Regulations, however, are likely on the way. Gov. Charlie Baker last month proposed new legislation that would require ride-for-hire services to conduct background checks on drivers and ensure cars have proper insurance. It has not yet been taken up by the Legislature.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Nevada\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-legislature/legislature-approves-bill-authorizing-uber-lyft-nevada\">Legislature approves bill authorizing Uber, Lyft in Nevada\u003c/a> (Las Vegas Review-Journal)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A bill authorizing ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft to operate in Nevada won approval early Saturday in the Nevada Legislature, but it didn’t happen without plenty of confusion. A 3 percent excises tax on fares, including on taxis and limousines, was also approved, which will raise tens of millions in new revenue, including $19 million to fully fund the new medical school at UNLV. In Assembly and Senate floor sessions that lasted until the early morning hours on Saturday, the Assembly signed off on Assembly Bill 175, sending it to Gov. Brian Sandoval, who is expected to sign the measure.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>New York City\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cnbc.com/id/102706872\">Taxi drivers fight back against Uber and Lyft\u003c/a> (CNBC)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>As valuations for major ride-hailing players including Lyft soar into the billions, the value of traditional taxicab medallions is declining. Medallions are city-issued licenses to operate cabs. But some New York City medallion owners are fighting back. They're trying to craft their own app solutions, albeit with mixed results, and working longer hours to pay the bills.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://nypost.com/2015/05/25/nyc-uber-drivers-converting-cars-to-yellow-taxis/\" target=\"_blank\">NYC Uber drivers converting cars to yellow taxis\u003c/a> (NY Post)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber drivers are transforming their black cars into taxis as part of a Taxi and Limousine Commission pilot project, The Post has learned. So far, five hacks have gone through with the makeover, and seven more are in the pipeline, the TLC said. ... The program was approved in January, and accepts cars no older than two years, reversing a nearly 20-year-old TLC requirement that only new cars be added to the city’s taxi fleet. ... It comes as Uber cars now outnumber yellow cabs, 14,088 to 13,587, according to TLC data released in March. Taxis still make more trips.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pittsburgh\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2484605,00.asp\">Uber Testing Self-Driving Car in Pittsburgh? Not Quite\u003c/a> (PC)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Is an Uber self-driving car travelling around the greater Pittsburgh area? Unfortunately not. As much as we'd love to see a day when an unmanned vehicle can pick us up and take us on our way (and let us blast our Spotify playlists as loudly as we want), we're not quite there yet. Though news reports have suggested that Uber is testing a self-driving vehicle around Pittsburgh recently, that's not quite the case. That said, Uber does have some test cars driving around—easily discernible by their all-black appearance, Uber logo, and \"Uber Advanced Technologies Center\" branding on the side, in addition to the curious array of sensors and other electronic items attached to the car's roof.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Portland\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.opb.org/news/article/ubers-wheelchair-accessible-option-in-portland-doesnt-work-9-to-5/\" target=\"_blank\">Uber's Wheelchair-Accessible Option In Portland Doesn't Work 9 to 5\u003c/a> (Oregon Public Broadcasting)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Four weeks have passed since Uber legally re-launched its service in Portland on April 24, after the city council, in a divided vote, approved a 4-month long experiment in taxi deregulation. ... One of the city’s victories in the negotiations that allowed Uber to re-launch was Uber’s commitment to provide wheelchair-accessible rides. Uber provides some form of wheelchair-accessible service in several other cities, including San Francisco, Chicago and New York, but Portland was the first place where the company agreed to launch its wheelchair option, which it calls the WAV view, from the start. ... Based on their own description of what they offer, Uber’s service appears to fall well short of the city’s requirements that transportation app companies provide equitable service to people with disabilities, including those in wheelchairs. The contractor Uber works with to provide wheelchair vans, First Transit, has no drivers working on the Uber platform during the day on weekdays, and has just one van driver working on call from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Seattle\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.geekwire.com/2015/uber-lyft-may-soon-be-allowed-to-pick-up-passengers-at-seattle-airport/\" target=\"_blank\">Uber, Lyft may soon be allowed to pick up passengers at Seattle airport\u003c/a> (GeekWire)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Smartphone owners needing a ride from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport may soon have a few more transportation options. The Port of Seattle has been in negotiations with Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar — also known as “transportation network companies,” or TNCs — and could allow the companies to pick up passengers at Sea-Tac as soon as next month.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Texas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2015/05/21/368968.htm\">Uber Facing Another Setback As Texas Passes on Ridesharing Law\u003c/a> (Bloomberg)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber Technologies Inc.’s attempt to replace a patchwork of local rules in Texas with a state law regulating its car-booking business is headed for defeat because lawmakers have yet to act on a key measure with only days remaining in the legislative session. Barring a last-minute change of course in the Capitol in Austin, the company will walk away empty-handed in the second- most-populous U.S. state as it seeks to expand after reports this month said a new round of funding would boost its valuation to an estimated $50 billion.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Washington, D.C.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/wp/2015/05/21/uber-and-lyft-could-soon-be-operating-at-national-dulles-airports/\" target=\"_blank\">Uber and Lyft could soon be operating at National, Dulles airports\u003c/a> (Washington Post)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority on Wednesday unveiled a plan to allow the popular app-based car services to operate at both airports. Under the proposal, the airports would designate waiting areas for rideshare vehicles so drivers could arrange trips with passengers while already on the airport premises. This would help reduce the customer wait time for the ride.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://dcinno.streetwise.co/2015/05/26/dc-uber-lyft-regulations-lead-to-taxi-union-lawsuit/\">Can the Taxi Union Get the Courts to Shut down Uber and Lyft in DC?\u003c/a> (DC Inno)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber, Lyft and Sidecar were given an unfair advantage by the regulations approved last year by the D.C. Council according to the Metro Area Taxi Operators Association. The taxi union, which is affiliated with the Teamsters, filed a class-action lawsuit with six D.C. taxi drivers in U.S. District Court against the city on Friday. The Vehicle-forHire Innovation Amendment Act of 2014 \"creates an irrational, two-tiered regulatory system that unconstitutionally harms the economic and property interests of the Taxicab Service Plaintiffs and similarly situated taxicab permit holders,\" according to the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch2>International\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Australia\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/turf-war-intensifies-between-uber-and-taxis-after-driver-claims-foot-run-over/story-fni0fee2-1227367443781\">Turf war intensifies between Uber and taxis after driver claims foot run over\u003c/a> (Herald Sun)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A taxi turf war was behind an alleged dispute that saw an UberX driver run over a young cabbie’s foot in East Melbourne on Saturday night, industry insiders claim. Police are investigating the alleged incident, which Silver Top taxi driver Syed Rizvi says has left him with a bruised and swollen foot and unable to work for at least a month. Uber has hit back at the allegation, saying its driver was “intimidated and physically threatened” by taxi drivers at the scene of the alleged altercation.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/wa-transport-department-launches-prosecutions-against-19-uber-drivers/story-fnhocxo3-1227369745223\">WA Transport Department launches prosecutions against 19 Uber drivers\u003c/a> (Perth Now)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>WA’S Department of Transport has ramped up its action against ride-sharing smartphone app Uber, launching 19 more prosecutions against its drivers. A department spokeswoman said on Tuesday the 19 prosecutions were initiated earlier this month for failing to comply with a lawful direction of an authorised officer under the Taxi Act 1994.\u003cbr>\n“These prosecutions are a result of previously issued “notice to produce orders”. As these matters are now before the courts, DoT is not able to provide further comment,” she said. This brings the number of prosecutions against Uber drivers in WA to 20.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>China\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cnbc.com/id/102705599\">Chinese city of Guangzhou to launch Uber rival service\u003c/a> (CNBC)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Guangzhou's municipal government is planning to launch its own Uber-like online taxi hire service, only weeks after police closed the San Francisco-based transport app's office in the southern Chinese city. The new company, Ruyue (meaning \"by appointment\"), will offer rides to customers using a smartphone app. However, the journeys will be provided by the four taxi companies with licences to operate in Guangzhou, which had faced competition from Uber before it was shut.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>France\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-dealt-fresh-blow-by-french-court-1432295784\">Uber Dealt Fresh Blow by French Court\u003c/a> (The Wall Street Journal)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber Technologies Inc. lost a round in its ongoing legal battles in Europe, when a French court upheld parts of a transport law aimed at reining in the California-based car-hailing firm. The decision is a fresh blow to Uber, which faces a more important ruling on other elements of a law passed last October, in particular one that criminalizes Uber’s low-cost service, Uberpop, which uses drivers without commercial licenses.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hungary\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://hungarytoday.hu/news/taxi-app-uber-go-business-hungary-tax-authority-sting-24489\" target=\"_blank\">Taxi App Uber Could Go Out Of Business In Hungary After Tax Authority Sting\u003c/a> (Hungary Today)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>An investigation conducted by the National Tax and Customs Administration has found that all Uber drivers examined broke tax regulations, and hefty fines suggest that the taxi app could go out of business in Hungary. During the first series of checks by tax officers disguised as passengers, conducted in May, the tax authority found that none of the tested drivers had a VAT number or produced an invoice. Drivers failed to install taxi meters in their cars and there were no blank receipts or invoices provided. The drivers, who were found to offer the service in a “business-like” manner, had neither a taxi licence or a certificate of medical condition. Those who were found to break the rules may now be hit by fines up to HUF 200 000 and the tax authority said that it will carry out further checks on every single Uber driver.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Italy\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/italian-court-bans-unlicensed-taxi-services-like-uber-1.2226506\" target=\"_blank\">Italian court bans unlicensed taxi services like Uber\u003c/a> (Reuters)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>An Italian court on Tuesday banned unlicensed car-sharing services such as those offered by Uber, in another setback for the fast-growing US car service whose smartphone app summons rides at the touch of a button. Uber has been gaining popularity among passengers seeking lower cost car rides, triggering protests across Europe by heavily regulated traditional taxi drivers. The court in Italy’s business capital Milan said the Uber POP service, which links private drivers with passengers through an easy-to-use smartphone app, created “unfair competition”.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>London, UK\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/black-cabbies-prepare-cause-london-5763792\" target=\"_blank\">Black cabbies prepare to cause London gridlock in protest against taxi app Uber\u003c/a> (Mirror)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The drivers of London's iconic black cabs will take to the streets this afternoon in a protest against Uber's increasing domination of the taxi industry. Hundreds of cabbies are expected to descend on the Victoria headquarters of Transport for London at 2pm, potentially causing traffic to back up around the city. Today's protest is organised by an organisation called United Cabbies Group, but its concerns are shared across the industry.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Mexico City\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Charles Vinson was having an \"amazing renaissance\" in his life, discovering the joys of bicycling and composing music, when he was killed by a driver while riding his bicycle in San Francisco nearly three months ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vinson, 66, was fatally struck March 2 on 14th Street at Folsom, an intersection that bicycle advocates have described as confusing and in dire need of safety improvements. It's been identified as a high-injury intersection under Vision Zero, the city's program to end traffic deaths in 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/206463348\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until now, not much was publicly known about Vinson. His longtime partner, Jeff Jones, a bicycle messenger, says Vinson had just finished a weekly ritual, helping his 83-year-old neighbor get groceries at Foods Co., near the same intersection. He returned to his Mission Dolores apartment, \"put on his biking shorts, and never came home.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-10532662\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15105_JV0A4801-qut-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Cycling-Ghost Bike\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15105_JV0A4801-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15105_JV0A4801-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15105_JV0A4801-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15105_JV0A4801-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15105_JV0A4801-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15105_JV0A4801-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cstrong>Remembering Fallen Cyclists:\u003c/strong> The annual \u003ca href=\"http://www.rideofsilencesf.org\">Ride of Silence\u003c/a>, to honor cyclists killed and injured on city streets and to advocate for safer streets, will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Sports Basement, 1590 Bryant St., San Francisco.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>A witness \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/sf-sheriffs-deputy-resecutitates-bicyclist-who-was-struck-by-car/Content?oid=2922107\">told the San Francisco Examiner\u003c/a> that the driver, who stayed at the scene, blew through a red light. But last month Officer Albie Esparza, a Police Department spokesman, said the investigation was closed after it was determined \"the person found to be most responsible/at fault was the bicyclist.\" However, on Monday SFPD Inspector Lori Cadigan, who is handling the investigation, confirmed the case was still open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bike advocates are watching the case because they say San Francisco police have a history of blaming the victim in collisions involving cyclists. After the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition found security camera video that police had missed as they investigated the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/01/15/verdict-in-wrongful-death-suit-against-driver-who-killed-bicyclist\" target=\"_blank\">death of cyclist Amelie Le Moullac\u003c/a> in 2013, Police Chief Greg Suhr promised to treat these kinds of cases differently. New protocol requires officers to canvass the area surrounding a collision for video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esparza said investigators did search for video in Vinson's case, and found some at Foods Co. But he said it was shot from too far away to see anything. Vinson's sister has retained a San Francisco attorney, who would not comment because the investigation is still open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10530512\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15107_JV0A4817-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10530512 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15107_JV0A4817-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A ghost bike stands at the intersection where 66-year-old Charles Vinson was killed by a driver March 2.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15107_JV0A4817-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15107_JV0A4817-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15107_JV0A4817-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15107_JV0A4817-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15107_JV0A4817-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15107_JV0A4817-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bike advocates say the intersection of 14th and Folsom, which sees a lot of bicycle traffic, is confusing and in need of safety improvements. \u003ccite>(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Frantic Scene\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was San Francisco Sheriff's Deputy Isaias Zaragoza's first day back to work after three months of recovering from injuries he suffered in a traffic collision in Pacifica, after he tried to help a driver who ran off the road. On March 2, he and his partner were returning from lunch when they noticed a group of people at the intersection of 14th and Folsom streets. They saw a bicycle off to the side, and realized it was a collision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A woman who identified herself as an ER nurse, and was getting her car repaired nearby, rushed to Vinson's side, and was about to do chest compressions when Zaragoza arrived. \"She was hysterical. She was asking for help,\" says Zaragoza, adding he was disturbed that some people were taking photos of the frantic scene instead of helping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I told her, 'Let me take over.' I assessed Mr. Vinson and there wasn't a pulse and he wasn't breathing. My training kicked in. Without thinking, we just went to work,\" Zaragoza says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deputy's office at the Sheriff's Department's training unit is nearby, and several other deputies alarmed by the commotion responded to the scene. Eventually, Zaragoza's partner took over CPR. Then they heard sirens and the paramedics arrived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I heard when the medics took over, he did have a pulse. That comforted me,\" Zaragoza says. \"I'm hoping the aid myself and my co-workers gave him at least gave him a fighting chance.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 16-year veteran of the Sheriff's Department says he later called San Francisco General Hospital to find out Vinson's condition, and learned later through media reports that he had died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That just floored me,\" Zaragoza says. \"Hopefully, the family can get some closure out of this, and I'll be right there behind them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there was a hero that day, Zaragoza says, it was the nurse who rushed to Vinson's side and didn't hesitate to help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10532211\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15103_JV0A4729-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10532211 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15103_JV0A4729-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Jones loves his job as a bicycle messenger. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15103_JV0A4729-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15103_JV0A4729-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15103_JV0A4729-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15103_JV0A4729-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15103_JV0A4729-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15103_JV0A4729-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Jones \u003ccite>(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>A Race to the Hospital \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Jones says that when he graduated from college in the 1970s, he was \"hell bent\" to be the next David Ogilvy -- the man often credited with creating the modern advertising industry. But after several years, he gave up the office grind to become a bike messenger. At 62, he still loves the work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I just really enjoy being a bike messenger,\" Jones says. \"I realized many years ago that I'm not in this world to be rich. I'll just live frugally the rest of my life and that's fine with me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones was delivering a box to an office tower in the Financial District when he received a call from a number he didn't recognize. It was someone from San Francisco General Hospital, telling him Vinson was in critical condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I went into total shock,\" says Jones. \"I just hopped on my bike and screamed down to SFGH emergency room, and the next two or three hours were surreal.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones says a doctor informed him that Vinson, who had been wearing a helmet, was in dire condition, unconscious and bleeding internally. He had suffered a traumatic head injury, and doctors performed emergency cranial surgery to relieve pressure on his brain. Jones declined an invitation to be with him, \"because the image of that would have haunted me for eternity.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wanted to remember him the way he was two days earlier, which was beautiful, and vivacious,\" Jones says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10532212\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15078_JV0A4638-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10532212 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15078_JV0A4638-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Charles Vinson in his San Francisco apartment. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15078_JV0A4638-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15078_JV0A4638-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15078_JV0A4638-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15078_JV0A4638-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15078_JV0A4638-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15078_JV0A4638-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of Charles Vinson \u003ccite>(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Renaissance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones met Vinson through a mutual friend on Thanksgiving of 1997, and discovered they had chemistry. They were together for the next 17 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was a very comfortable relationship,\" says Jones, who loved to sit and observe Vinson composing music, one of his main passions. Vinson studied music in his earlier years and had a voracious appetite for classical music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I thought of him as a musical genius, but he never thought of himself as a genius,\" Jones says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although they didn't live together, they spent a lot of time at Vinson's Mission Dolores apartment. \"We were very happy living apart from each other,\" Jones says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he especially misses the routine of talking to Vinson on the phone every day at 9:30 in the morning and 9:30 at night. \"I just loved hearing his voice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vinson was born in West Virginia, and knew he was gay when he was 10 years old, Jones says. But he grew up in a religious family and felt \"pressure to play by the script of his church.\" He married a college classmate and had a son, who is now 44.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones says Vinson worked for many years for Pacific Bell, which later became AT&T. He retired in 2007.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10532214\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15090_JV0A4635-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10532214 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15090_JV0A4635-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Jones and Charles Vinson.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15090_JV0A4635-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15090_JV0A4635-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15090_JV0A4635-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15090_JV0A4635-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15090_JV0A4635-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15090_JV0A4635-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Jones and Charles Vinson \u003ccite>(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the years, Vinson battled alcoholism and got by on his retirement savings and meager Social Security benefits, with some occasional freelance writing work. He suffered from deep depression and had been resigned “to a life of the sort of slow march to death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then, Jones says, it was like a switch flipped on: Vinson got sober two years ago and began having \"an amazing renaissance in his life.\" He radically changed his diet and lost 30 pounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The last couple of years his whole personality was really blossoming. He seemed happier. He was really enjoying riding his bike,\" says Jones. \"It was just his cat, his music and his bike riding. Those were the things in his life that mattered to him.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every morning, Vinson would get up, have his coffee and then go on a 10- to 15-mile ride. It was always the highlight of his day, Jones says. He alternated routes and regularly passed 14th and Folsom streets as part of his Mission route.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was an experienced rider, and he knew vividly about the inherent dangers of riding anywhere on city streets,\" says Jones. \"He was always talking about all the close calls that he saw of cyclists and motorists.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones has been too grief-stricken to find out the details of the collision, and has avoided that intersection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't know what happened,\" Jones says. \"He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday evening, as part of the annual Ride of Silence to honor bicyclists who have been killed on San Francisco streets, he plans to visit the intersection for the first time since Vinson's death.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Charles Vinson was having an \"amazing renaissance\" in his life, discovering the joys of bicycling and composing music, when he was killed by a driver while riding his bicycle in San Francisco nearly three months ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vinson, 66, was fatally struck March 2 on 14th Street at Folsom, an intersection that bicycle advocates have described as confusing and in dire need of safety improvements. It's been identified as a high-injury intersection under Vision Zero, the city's program to end traffic deaths in 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/206463348&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/206463348'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until now, not much was publicly known about Vinson. His longtime partner, Jeff Jones, a bicycle messenger, says Vinson had just finished a weekly ritual, helping his 83-year-old neighbor get groceries at Foods Co., near the same intersection. He returned to his Mission Dolores apartment, \"put on his biking shorts, and never came home.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-10532662\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15105_JV0A4801-qut-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Cycling-Ghost Bike\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15105_JV0A4801-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15105_JV0A4801-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15105_JV0A4801-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15105_JV0A4801-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15105_JV0A4801-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15105_JV0A4801-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cstrong>Remembering Fallen Cyclists:\u003c/strong> The annual \u003ca href=\"http://www.rideofsilencesf.org\">Ride of Silence\u003c/a>, to honor cyclists killed and injured on city streets and to advocate for safer streets, will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Sports Basement, 1590 Bryant St., San Francisco.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>A witness \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/sf-sheriffs-deputy-resecutitates-bicyclist-who-was-struck-by-car/Content?oid=2922107\">told the San Francisco Examiner\u003c/a> that the driver, who stayed at the scene, blew through a red light. But last month Officer Albie Esparza, a Police Department spokesman, said the investigation was closed after it was determined \"the person found to be most responsible/at fault was the bicyclist.\" However, on Monday SFPD Inspector Lori Cadigan, who is handling the investigation, confirmed the case was still open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bike advocates are watching the case because they say San Francisco police have a history of blaming the victim in collisions involving cyclists. After the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition found security camera video that police had missed as they investigated the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/01/15/verdict-in-wrongful-death-suit-against-driver-who-killed-bicyclist\" target=\"_blank\">death of cyclist Amelie Le Moullac\u003c/a> in 2013, Police Chief Greg Suhr promised to treat these kinds of cases differently. New protocol requires officers to canvass the area surrounding a collision for video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esparza said investigators did search for video in Vinson's case, and found some at Foods Co. But he said it was shot from too far away to see anything. Vinson's sister has retained a San Francisco attorney, who would not comment because the investigation is still open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10530512\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15107_JV0A4817-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10530512 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15107_JV0A4817-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A ghost bike stands at the intersection where 66-year-old Charles Vinson was killed by a driver March 2.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15107_JV0A4817-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15107_JV0A4817-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15107_JV0A4817-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15107_JV0A4817-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15107_JV0A4817-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15107_JV0A4817-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bike advocates say the intersection of 14th and Folsom, which sees a lot of bicycle traffic, is confusing and in need of safety improvements. \u003ccite>(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Frantic Scene\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was San Francisco Sheriff's Deputy Isaias Zaragoza's first day back to work after three months of recovering from injuries he suffered in a traffic collision in Pacifica, after he tried to help a driver who ran off the road. On March 2, he and his partner were returning from lunch when they noticed a group of people at the intersection of 14th and Folsom streets. They saw a bicycle off to the side, and realized it was a collision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A woman who identified herself as an ER nurse, and was getting her car repaired nearby, rushed to Vinson's side, and was about to do chest compressions when Zaragoza arrived. \"She was hysterical. She was asking for help,\" says Zaragoza, adding he was disturbed that some people were taking photos of the frantic scene instead of helping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I told her, 'Let me take over.' I assessed Mr. Vinson and there wasn't a pulse and he wasn't breathing. My training kicked in. Without thinking, we just went to work,\" Zaragoza says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deputy's office at the Sheriff's Department's training unit is nearby, and several other deputies alarmed by the commotion responded to the scene. Eventually, Zaragoza's partner took over CPR. Then they heard sirens and the paramedics arrived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I heard when the medics took over, he did have a pulse. That comforted me,\" Zaragoza says. \"I'm hoping the aid myself and my co-workers gave him at least gave him a fighting chance.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 16-year veteran of the Sheriff's Department says he later called San Francisco General Hospital to find out Vinson's condition, and learned later through media reports that he had died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That just floored me,\" Zaragoza says. \"Hopefully, the family can get some closure out of this, and I'll be right there behind them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there was a hero that day, Zaragoza says, it was the nurse who rushed to Vinson's side and didn't hesitate to help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10532211\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15103_JV0A4729-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10532211 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15103_JV0A4729-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Jones loves his job as a bicycle messenger. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15103_JV0A4729-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15103_JV0A4729-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15103_JV0A4729-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15103_JV0A4729-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15103_JV0A4729-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15103_JV0A4729-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Jones \u003ccite>(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>A Race to the Hospital \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Jones says that when he graduated from college in the 1970s, he was \"hell bent\" to be the next David Ogilvy -- the man often credited with creating the modern advertising industry. But after several years, he gave up the office grind to become a bike messenger. At 62, he still loves the work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I just really enjoy being a bike messenger,\" Jones says. \"I realized many years ago that I'm not in this world to be rich. I'll just live frugally the rest of my life and that's fine with me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones was delivering a box to an office tower in the Financial District when he received a call from a number he didn't recognize. It was someone from San Francisco General Hospital, telling him Vinson was in critical condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I went into total shock,\" says Jones. \"I just hopped on my bike and screamed down to SFGH emergency room, and the next two or three hours were surreal.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones says a doctor informed him that Vinson, who had been wearing a helmet, was in dire condition, unconscious and bleeding internally. He had suffered a traumatic head injury, and doctors performed emergency cranial surgery to relieve pressure on his brain. Jones declined an invitation to be with him, \"because the image of that would have haunted me for eternity.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wanted to remember him the way he was two days earlier, which was beautiful, and vivacious,\" Jones says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10532212\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15078_JV0A4638-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10532212 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15078_JV0A4638-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Charles Vinson in his San Francisco apartment. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15078_JV0A4638-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15078_JV0A4638-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15078_JV0A4638-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15078_JV0A4638-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15078_JV0A4638-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15078_JV0A4638-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of Charles Vinson \u003ccite>(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Renaissance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones met Vinson through a mutual friend on Thanksgiving of 1997, and discovered they had chemistry. They were together for the next 17 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was a very comfortable relationship,\" says Jones, who loved to sit and observe Vinson composing music, one of his main passions. Vinson studied music in his earlier years and had a voracious appetite for classical music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I thought of him as a musical genius, but he never thought of himself as a genius,\" Jones says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although they didn't live together, they spent a lot of time at Vinson's Mission Dolores apartment. \"We were very happy living apart from each other,\" Jones says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he especially misses the routine of talking to Vinson on the phone every day at 9:30 in the morning and 9:30 at night. \"I just loved hearing his voice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vinson was born in West Virginia, and knew he was gay when he was 10 years old, Jones says. But he grew up in a religious family and felt \"pressure to play by the script of his church.\" He married a college classmate and had a son, who is now 44.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones says Vinson worked for many years for Pacific Bell, which later became AT&T. He retired in 2007.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10532214\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15090_JV0A4635-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10532214 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15090_JV0A4635-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Jones and Charles Vinson.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15090_JV0A4635-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15090_JV0A4635-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15090_JV0A4635-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15090_JV0A4635-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15090_JV0A4635-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15090_JV0A4635-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Jones and Charles Vinson \u003ccite>(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the years, Vinson battled alcoholism and got by on his retirement savings and meager Social Security benefits, with some occasional freelance writing work. He suffered from deep depression and had been resigned “to a life of the sort of slow march to death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then, Jones says, it was like a switch flipped on: Vinson got sober two years ago and began having \"an amazing renaissance in his life.\" He radically changed his diet and lost 30 pounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The last couple of years his whole personality was really blossoming. He seemed happier. He was really enjoying riding his bike,\" says Jones. \"It was just his cat, his music and his bike riding. Those were the things in his life that mattered to him.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every morning, Vinson would get up, have his coffee and then go on a 10- to 15-mile ride. It was always the highlight of his day, Jones says. He alternated routes and regularly passed 14th and Folsom streets as part of his Mission route.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was an experienced rider, and he knew vividly about the inherent dangers of riding anywhere on city streets,\" says Jones. \"He was always talking about all the close calls that he saw of cyclists and motorists.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones has been too grief-stricken to find out the details of the collision, and has avoided that intersection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't know what happened,\" Jones says. \"He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Caltrain, the commuter rail service that runs between Santa Clara County and San Francisco, doesn't lead the nation or even the state for suicides on its tracks, but the numbers are troubling enough. There have been 10 suicides already this year. The average for an \u003cem>entire\u003c/em> year is typically 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a statistic that's just as startling: Last year, Caltrain stopped 40 people from killing themselves on the tracks. For every suicide that does happen, there are four that don't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo Deputy Sheriff Michael Baron agreed to talk with me at the Palo Alto train station. Many people think of Palo Alto as the nexus of this crisis. There has been a highly publicized cluster of teen suicides here, and there \u003cem>are\u003c/em> more suicides in Palo Alto than in any other city Caltrain serves. Suicides in this city account for 27 percent of the total since 2009, when suicides began to spike on Caltrain tracks in Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207307745\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baron is part of the transit police bureau, whose members show up here and other places along the rails when a call comes in. He's part of the system in place to catch those in distress before they try to kill themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deputies get dispatched if a person is spotted standing at a boarding platform for too long, conspicuously \u003cem>not\u003c/em> catching a train, or smoking cigarette after cigarette near an elevated crossing. The system is waiting in a heightened state of awareness, watching for any sign of suicidal intent, in a way that brings to mind the Homeland Security campaign, “\u003ca href=\"http://www.dhs.gov/see-something-say-something/about-campaign\" target=\"_blank\">If you see something, say something\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10524385\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15154_MichaelBaron-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10524385 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15154_MichaelBaron-qut-800x942.jpg\" alt='San Mateo County Deputy Sheriff Michael Baron. \"How many people put themselves in a situation where they could be killed, and then regret it? And I try to impart that to people. It’s kind of sad to think that maybe they’re so convinced that that’s the right solution, and then they don’t have an opportunity to take it back.\" ' width=\"800\" height=\"942\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15154_MichaelBaron-qut-800x942.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15154_MichaelBaron-qut-400x471.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15154_MichaelBaron-qut-1440x1696.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15154_MichaelBaron-qut-1180x1390.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15154_MichaelBaron-qut-960x1131.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15154_MichaelBaron-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Mateo County Deputy Sheriff Michael Baron: \"How many people put themselves in a situation where they could be killed, and then regret it? I try to impart that to people. It’s kind of sad to think that maybe they’re so convinced that that’s the right solution, and then they don’t have an opportunity to take it back.\" \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"First, I just try to have some kind of casual conversation with them,\" Baron says, \"so I can establish some kind of rapport. You know? 'Oh hey, I notice you’ve got a Metallica patch on your backpack. You really into the band or what? Have you ever seen them in concert? Oh yeah, they’re really great. I went to a concert several years back and really enjoyed it.' ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time a deputy arrives to strike up a conversation, train conductors in the area have already been told to slow down or stop. If it’s determined the person in question \u003cem>is\u003c/em> suicidal, there will be what emergency responders call a \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=wic&group=05001-06000&file=5150-5155\" target=\"_blank\">5150\u003c/a>: a three-day involuntary hold and psychiatric evaluation. Family will be notified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Better that, Baron says, than the other kind of notification. \"I tell them, from personal experience, I don’t want to have to tell your parents that you’re dead. There’s someone out there that loves and cares for you, and you will be missed if you’re not here. And that, at least for me, seems like a reason to live.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time somebody is standing near the tracks, he or she is often at the tail end of a long thought process. Some will have planned their deaths for weeks, carefully reviewing train schedules. Others pick the tracks because it’s what’s convenient, close at hand. And maybe they do want to get caught.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People might come here contemplating suicide and not have the actual plan to carry it out, but maybe their actions are kind of crying for help a little bit,\" Baron says. \"And they go to a place that’s populated, where people might notice them, where we’re out doing station checks or walk-throughs, where we might have a chance to intervene.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10524387\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15153_GradeCrossing-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10524387\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15153_GradeCrossing-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"If anybody with Caltrain sees somebody on the tracks, trains in the area will be asked to slow or stop. It's a common strategy employed by urban commuter rain lines across the country.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15153_GradeCrossing-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15153_GradeCrossing-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15153_GradeCrossing-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15153_GradeCrossing-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15153_GradeCrossing-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15153_GradeCrossing-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If anybody with Caltrain sees somebody on the tracks, trains in the area will be asked to slow or stop. It's a common strategy employed by urban commuter rain lines across the country. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Young, old. Rich, poor. Day, night. Caltrain hasn’t been able to identify a pattern, other than the easy proximity of its rails and the steady stream of trains between San Francisco and Gilroy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rail companies and operators all across the country are grappling with this,\" says \u003cspan class=\"st\">Metrolink spokesman Jeff Lustgarten\u003c/span>. \"Passenger and freight.” The Southern California commuter rail line sees about 15 suicides a year on average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Metrolink operates over 512 route-miles. “We have a very large system, a very open system,\" Lustgarten says. \"We do everything that we can, but it’s a challenge, to say the least. If someone is really determined, they’re going to find a way onto the tracks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suicide by rail is nowhere near the No.1 method in the United States. According to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.suicidology.org/Portals/14/docs/Resources/FactSheets/2013datapgsv3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">American Association of Suicidology\u003c/a>, far more people pick firearms, suffocation or poison -- but that’s cold comfort for urban and suburban commuter rail lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Metrolink employs the \u003ca href=\"http://metrolinktrains.com/news/news_item/news_id/957.html\" target=\"_blank\">same set \u003c/a>of prevention strategies that Caltrain does. BART recently \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/04/14/bart-takes-action-as-suicides-on-system-increase\" target=\"_blank\">moved in the same direction\u003c/a>, boosting its budget for fencing, signs and community outreach with local mental health care providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10524390\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15156_There-is-Help-Sign-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10524390\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15156_There-is-Help-Sign-qut-800x500.jpg\" alt=\"Hundreds of signs along Caltrain tracks and stations urge people to reach out for support.\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15156_There-is-Help-Sign-qut-800x500.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15156_There-is-Help-Sign-qut-400x250.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15156_There-is-Help-Sign-qut-1440x900.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15156_There-is-Help-Sign-qut-1180x738.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15156_There-is-Help-Sign-qut-960x600.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15156_There-is-Help-Sign-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signs posted along Caltrain tracks and at stations urge people to reach out for support. \u003ccite>(Mark Hamburg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Caltrain has spent $9 million on new fencing over the last decade. But holes can be made in fences, and are regularly made by those seeking to cut across the tracks with greater ease, or homeless people seeking places to camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palo Alto has asked Caltrain to: improve the fencing along the 4 miles of tracks that run through the city; install motion-detection cameras to alert Palo Alto's Emergency Operations Center to potential trespassers; and clear trees and shrubs that block visibility along the corridor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've already done the vegetation clearance,\" says Jayme Ackemann, spokeswoman for Caltrain. \"Now we're lining up a contractor to do the fencing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain balked at the city's initial proposal to fully fence the corridor in Palo Alto up to 8 feet. The price tag on that would have been $1.2 million. Both sides eventually agreed to more modest upgrades. As for the cameras, several manufacturers are engaging in a \"proof of concept\" phase, providing free cameras for testing in the hopes they'll win a contract at the end of the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephanie Weisner runs Wellness and Recovery Services at \u003ca href=\"http://www.star-vista.org/\" target=\"_blank\">StarVista\u003c/a>, a San Mateo County nonprofit. Weisner credits Caltrain with sending its employees into the community to participate on boards and committees focused on suicide intervention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have monthly meetings,\" Weisner explains, \"where we all sit around and brainstorm, and we work closely with other counties, including Santa Clara County.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Does she want more fencing and security cameras? Yes, she says. But she adds that none of that frees the \u003cem>rest of us\u003c/em> from having to pay more attention to the people around us: in school, at work, at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weisner says, \"People often give out signs that they’re thinking of really hurting themselves, or taking their lives, and there’s things that we can do -- reducing the stigma around getting mental health services, and encouraging people to reach out for that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's no small challenge. A recent \u003ca href=\"http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1000/RR1074/RAND_RR1074.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Rand survey\u003c/a> of California adults experiencing psychological distress found only 41 percent of those surveyed believe other people are caring and sympathetic to those with mental illnesses -- while 81 percent believe people with mental illness experience high levels of prejudice and discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wish I had a simple answer,\" says Baron. \"If I did, I certainly wouldn’t be keeping it to myself.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, he's on patrol, watching for an opportunity to step in and offer a kind, distracting word that just might stop the awful impulse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>If you're feeling depressed, troubled or suicidal, call 1-800-784-2433 to speak with a crisis counselor.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10524392\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15152_CaltrainTrain-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10524392\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15152_CaltrainTrain-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"In 2011, the Federal Railroad Administration issued new rules requiring railroads to collect and report trespassing fatalities, including suicides. As a result, we know as many as one-third of all trespassing-related deaths are suicides.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15152_CaltrainTrain-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15152_CaltrainTrain-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15152_CaltrainTrain-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15152_CaltrainTrain-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15152_CaltrainTrain-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15152_CaltrainTrain-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In 2011, the Federal Railroad Administration issued new rules requiring railroads to collect and report trespassing fatalities, including suicides. Numbers reported since then show as many as one-third of all trespassing-related deaths nationwide are suicides. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Caltrain, the commuter rail service that runs between Santa Clara County and San Francisco, doesn't lead the nation or even the state for suicides on its tracks, but the numbers are troubling enough. There have been 10 suicides already this year. The average for an \u003cem>entire\u003c/em> year is typically 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a statistic that's just as startling: Last year, Caltrain stopped 40 people from killing themselves on the tracks. For every suicide that does happen, there are four that don't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo Deputy Sheriff Michael Baron agreed to talk with me at the Palo Alto train station. Many people think of Palo Alto as the nexus of this crisis. There has been a highly publicized cluster of teen suicides here, and there \u003cem>are\u003c/em> more suicides in Palo Alto than in any other city Caltrain serves. Suicides in this city account for 27 percent of the total since 2009, when suicides began to spike on Caltrain tracks in Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207307745&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207307745'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baron is part of the transit police bureau, whose members show up here and other places along the rails when a call comes in. He's part of the system in place to catch those in distress before they try to kill themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deputies get dispatched if a person is spotted standing at a boarding platform for too long, conspicuously \u003cem>not\u003c/em> catching a train, or smoking cigarette after cigarette near an elevated crossing. The system is waiting in a heightened state of awareness, watching for any sign of suicidal intent, in a way that brings to mind the Homeland Security campaign, “\u003ca href=\"http://www.dhs.gov/see-something-say-something/about-campaign\" target=\"_blank\">If you see something, say something\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10524385\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15154_MichaelBaron-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10524385 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15154_MichaelBaron-qut-800x942.jpg\" alt='San Mateo County Deputy Sheriff Michael Baron. \"How many people put themselves in a situation where they could be killed, and then regret it? And I try to impart that to people. It’s kind of sad to think that maybe they’re so convinced that that’s the right solution, and then they don’t have an opportunity to take it back.\" ' width=\"800\" height=\"942\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15154_MichaelBaron-qut-800x942.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15154_MichaelBaron-qut-400x471.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15154_MichaelBaron-qut-1440x1696.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15154_MichaelBaron-qut-1180x1390.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15154_MichaelBaron-qut-960x1131.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15154_MichaelBaron-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Mateo County Deputy Sheriff Michael Baron: \"How many people put themselves in a situation where they could be killed, and then regret it? I try to impart that to people. It’s kind of sad to think that maybe they’re so convinced that that’s the right solution, and then they don’t have an opportunity to take it back.\" \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"First, I just try to have some kind of casual conversation with them,\" Baron says, \"so I can establish some kind of rapport. You know? 'Oh hey, I notice you’ve got a Metallica patch on your backpack. You really into the band or what? Have you ever seen them in concert? Oh yeah, they’re really great. I went to a concert several years back and really enjoyed it.' ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time a deputy arrives to strike up a conversation, train conductors in the area have already been told to slow down or stop. If it’s determined the person in question \u003cem>is\u003c/em> suicidal, there will be what emergency responders call a \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=wic&group=05001-06000&file=5150-5155\" target=\"_blank\">5150\u003c/a>: a three-day involuntary hold and psychiatric evaluation. Family will be notified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Better that, Baron says, than the other kind of notification. \"I tell them, from personal experience, I don’t want to have to tell your parents that you’re dead. There’s someone out there that loves and cares for you, and you will be missed if you’re not here. And that, at least for me, seems like a reason to live.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time somebody is standing near the tracks, he or she is often at the tail end of a long thought process. Some will have planned their deaths for weeks, carefully reviewing train schedules. Others pick the tracks because it’s what’s convenient, close at hand. And maybe they do want to get caught.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People might come here contemplating suicide and not have the actual plan to carry it out, but maybe their actions are kind of crying for help a little bit,\" Baron says. \"And they go to a place that’s populated, where people might notice them, where we’re out doing station checks or walk-throughs, where we might have a chance to intervene.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10524387\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15153_GradeCrossing-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10524387\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15153_GradeCrossing-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"If anybody with Caltrain sees somebody on the tracks, trains in the area will be asked to slow or stop. It's a common strategy employed by urban commuter rain lines across the country.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15153_GradeCrossing-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15153_GradeCrossing-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15153_GradeCrossing-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15153_GradeCrossing-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15153_GradeCrossing-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15153_GradeCrossing-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If anybody with Caltrain sees somebody on the tracks, trains in the area will be asked to slow or stop. It's a common strategy employed by urban commuter rain lines across the country. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Young, old. Rich, poor. Day, night. Caltrain hasn’t been able to identify a pattern, other than the easy proximity of its rails and the steady stream of trains between San Francisco and Gilroy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rail companies and operators all across the country are grappling with this,\" says \u003cspan class=\"st\">Metrolink spokesman Jeff Lustgarten\u003c/span>. \"Passenger and freight.” The Southern California commuter rail line sees about 15 suicides a year on average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Metrolink operates over 512 route-miles. “We have a very large system, a very open system,\" Lustgarten says. \"We do everything that we can, but it’s a challenge, to say the least. If someone is really determined, they’re going to find a way onto the tracks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suicide by rail is nowhere near the No.1 method in the United States. According to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.suicidology.org/Portals/14/docs/Resources/FactSheets/2013datapgsv3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">American Association of Suicidology\u003c/a>, far more people pick firearms, suffocation or poison -- but that’s cold comfort for urban and suburban commuter rail lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Metrolink employs the \u003ca href=\"http://metrolinktrains.com/news/news_item/news_id/957.html\" target=\"_blank\">same set \u003c/a>of prevention strategies that Caltrain does. BART recently \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/04/14/bart-takes-action-as-suicides-on-system-increase\" target=\"_blank\">moved in the same direction\u003c/a>, boosting its budget for fencing, signs and community outreach with local mental health care providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10524390\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15156_There-is-Help-Sign-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10524390\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15156_There-is-Help-Sign-qut-800x500.jpg\" alt=\"Hundreds of signs along Caltrain tracks and stations urge people to reach out for support.\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15156_There-is-Help-Sign-qut-800x500.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15156_There-is-Help-Sign-qut-400x250.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15156_There-is-Help-Sign-qut-1440x900.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15156_There-is-Help-Sign-qut-1180x738.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15156_There-is-Help-Sign-qut-960x600.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15156_There-is-Help-Sign-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signs posted along Caltrain tracks and at stations urge people to reach out for support. \u003ccite>(Mark Hamburg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Caltrain has spent $9 million on new fencing over the last decade. But holes can be made in fences, and are regularly made by those seeking to cut across the tracks with greater ease, or homeless people seeking places to camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palo Alto has asked Caltrain to: improve the fencing along the 4 miles of tracks that run through the city; install motion-detection cameras to alert Palo Alto's Emergency Operations Center to potential trespassers; and clear trees and shrubs that block visibility along the corridor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've already done the vegetation clearance,\" says Jayme Ackemann, spokeswoman for Caltrain. \"Now we're lining up a contractor to do the fencing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain balked at the city's initial proposal to fully fence the corridor in Palo Alto up to 8 feet. The price tag on that would have been $1.2 million. Both sides eventually agreed to more modest upgrades. As for the cameras, several manufacturers are engaging in a \"proof of concept\" phase, providing free cameras for testing in the hopes they'll win a contract at the end of the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephanie Weisner runs Wellness and Recovery Services at \u003ca href=\"http://www.star-vista.org/\" target=\"_blank\">StarVista\u003c/a>, a San Mateo County nonprofit. Weisner credits Caltrain with sending its employees into the community to participate on boards and committees focused on suicide intervention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have monthly meetings,\" Weisner explains, \"where we all sit around and brainstorm, and we work closely with other counties, including Santa Clara County.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Does she want more fencing and security cameras? Yes, she says. But she adds that none of that frees the \u003cem>rest of us\u003c/em> from having to pay more attention to the people around us: in school, at work, at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weisner says, \"People often give out signs that they’re thinking of really hurting themselves, or taking their lives, and there’s things that we can do -- reducing the stigma around getting mental health services, and encouraging people to reach out for that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's no small challenge. A recent \u003ca href=\"http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1000/RR1074/RAND_RR1074.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Rand survey\u003c/a> of California adults experiencing psychological distress found only 41 percent of those surveyed believe other people are caring and sympathetic to those with mental illnesses -- while 81 percent believe people with mental illness experience high levels of prejudice and discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wish I had a simple answer,\" says Baron. \"If I did, I certainly wouldn’t be keeping it to myself.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, he's on patrol, watching for an opportunity to step in and offer a kind, distracting word that just might stop the awful impulse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>If you're feeling depressed, troubled or suicidal, call 1-800-784-2433 to speak with a crisis counselor.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10524392\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15152_CaltrainTrain-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10524392\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15152_CaltrainTrain-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"In 2011, the Federal Railroad Administration issued new rules requiring railroads to collect and report trespassing fatalities, including suicides. As a result, we know as many as one-third of all trespassing-related deaths are suicides.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15152_CaltrainTrain-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15152_CaltrainTrain-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15152_CaltrainTrain-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15152_CaltrainTrain-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15152_CaltrainTrain-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15152_CaltrainTrain-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In 2011, the Federal Railroad Administration issued new rules requiring railroads to collect and report trespassing fatalities, including suicides. Numbers reported since then show as many as one-third of all trespassing-related deaths nationwide are suicides. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google Inc. revealed Monday that its self-driving cars have been in 11 minor traffic accidents since it began experimenting with the technology six years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company released the number after The Associated Press reported that Google had notified California of three collisions involving its self-driving cars since September, when reporting all accidents became a legal requirement as part of the permits for the tests on public roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The director of Google's self-driving car project wrote in a Web post that all 11 accidents were minor -- \"light damage, no injuries\" -- and happened over 1.7 million miles of testing, including nearly 1 million miles in self-driving mode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not once was the self-driving car the cause of the accident,'' wrote Google's Chris Urmson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original story:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LOS ANGELES — Four of the nearly 50 self-driving cars now rolling around California have gotten into accidents since September, when the state began issuing permits for companies to test them on public roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two accidents happened while the cars were in control; in the other two, the person who still must be behind the wheel was driving, a person familiar with the accident reports told The Associated Press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three involved Lexus SUVs that Google Inc. outfitted with sensors and computing power in its aggressive effort to develop \"autonomous driving,\" a goal the tech giant shares with traditional automakers. Parts supplier Delphi Automotive had the other accident with one of its two test vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google and Delphi said their cars were not at fault in any accidents, which the companies said were minor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since September, any accident must be reported to the state Department of Motor Vehicles. The agency said there have been four, but would not comment about fault or anything else, citing California law that collision reports are confidential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The person familiar with the accident reports said the cars were in self-driving mode in two of the four accidents, all of which involved speeds of less than 10 mph. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the reports publicly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five other companies have testing permits. In response to questions from the AP, all said they had no accidents. In all, 48 cars are licensed to test on public roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact that neither the companies nor the state have revealed the accidents troubles some who say the public should have information to monitor the rollout of technology that its own developers acknowledge is imperfect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Simpson, a longtime critic of Google as privacy project director of the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog, pointed out that the company's ultimate goal is a car without a steering wheel or pedals. That would mean a person has no power to intervene if a car lost control, making it \"even more important that the details of any accidents be made public — so people know what the heck's going on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A chief selling point for self-driving cars is safety. Their cameras, radar and laser sensors give them a far more detailed understanding of their surroundings than humans have. Their reaction times also should be faster. Cars could be programmed to adjust if they sense a crash coming — move a few feet, tighten the seat belts, honk the horn or flash the lights in hope of alerting a distracted driver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A higher priority so far is teaching them to avoid causing a serious accident that could set public and political acceptance of the technology back years, said Raj Rajkumar, a pioneer of the technology with Carnegie Mellon University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the October accident involving Delphi, the front of its 2014 Audi SQ5 was moderately damaged when, as it waited to make a left turn, another car broadsided it, according to an accident report the company shared with AP. The car was not in self-driving mode, Delphi spokeswoman Kristen Kinley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google, which has 23 Lexus SUVs, would not discuss its three accidents in detail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The accidents are not Google's first: In a briefing with reporters a year ago, the leader of Google's self-driving car program acknowledged three others between when the company first sent cars onto public roads six years ago — without the state's official permission — and May 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, Google said that since September, cars driving on streets near its headquarters in Mountain View had \"a handful of minor fender-benders, light damage, no injuries, so far caused by human error and inattention.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google said that while safety is paramount, some accidents can be expected, given that its cars have gone \"the equivalent of over 15 years of typical human driving\" since fall. That would be approximately 140,000 miles. Google said its cars have gone over 700,000 miles in self-driving mode since they first hit the road in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The national rate for reported \"property-damage-only crashes\" is about 0.3 per 100,000 miles driven, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that context, Google's three in about 140,000 miles may seem high. As the company pointed out, however, perhaps 5 million minor accidents are not reported to authorities each year, so it is hard to gauge how typical Google's experience is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three other states have passed laws welcoming self-driving cars onto their roads. Regulators in Nevada, Michigan and Florida said they were not aware of any accidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As self-driving cars proliferate, other issues will arise that human drivers have dealt with for decades, notably who's liable for an accident. Each test car is required to have $5 million insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interest in accidents will remain high, especially if the self-driving car is at fault, said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina who has written extensively on the technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For a lot of reasons,\" Smith said, \"more might be expected of these test vehicles and of the companies that are deploying them and the drivers that are supervising them than we might expect of a 17-year-old driver in a 10-year-old car.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Contact Justin Pritchard at \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/lalanewsman\" target=\"_blank\">http://twitter.com/lalanewsman\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original story:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LOS ANGELES — Four of the nearly 50 self-driving cars now rolling around California have gotten into accidents since September, when the state began issuing permits for companies to test them on public roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two accidents happened while the cars were in control; in the other two, the person who still must be behind the wheel was driving, a person familiar with the accident reports told The Associated Press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three involved Lexus SUVs that Google Inc. outfitted with sensors and computing power in its aggressive effort to develop \"autonomous driving,\" a goal the tech giant shares with traditional automakers. Parts supplier Delphi Automotive had the other accident with one of its two test vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google and Delphi said their cars were not at fault in any accidents, which the companies said were minor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since September, any accident must be reported to the state Department of Motor Vehicles. The agency said there have been four, but would not comment about fault or anything else, citing California law that collision reports are confidential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The person familiar with the accident reports said the cars were in self-driving mode in two of the four accidents, all of which involved speeds of less than 10 mph. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the reports publicly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five other companies have testing permits. In response to questions from the AP, all said they had no accidents. In all, 48 cars are licensed to test on public roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact that neither the companies nor the state have revealed the accidents troubles some who say the public should have information to monitor the rollout of technology that its own developers acknowledge is imperfect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Simpson, a longtime critic of Google as privacy project director of the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog, pointed out that the company's ultimate goal is a car without a steering wheel or pedals. That would mean a person has no power to intervene if a car lost control, making it \"even more important that the details of any accidents be made public — so people know what the heck's going on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A chief selling point for self-driving cars is safety. Their cameras, radar and laser sensors give them a far more detailed understanding of their surroundings than humans have. Their reaction times also should be faster. Cars could be programmed to adjust if they sense a crash coming — move a few feet, tighten the seat belts, honk the horn or flash the lights in hope of alerting a distracted driver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A higher priority so far is teaching them to avoid causing a serious accident that could set public and political acceptance of the technology back years, said Raj Rajkumar, a pioneer of the technology with Carnegie Mellon University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the October accident involving Delphi, the front of its 2014 Audi SQ5 was moderately damaged when, as it waited to make a left turn, another car broadsided it, according to an accident report the company shared with AP. The car was not in self-driving mode, Delphi spokeswoman Kristen Kinley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google, which has 23 Lexus SUVs, would not discuss its three accidents in detail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The accidents are not Google's first: In a briefing with reporters a year ago, the leader of Google's self-driving car program acknowledged three others between when the company first sent cars onto public roads six years ago — without the state's official permission — and May 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, Google said that since September, cars driving on streets near its headquarters in Mountain View had \"a handful of minor fender-benders, light damage, no injuries, so far caused by human error and inattention.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google said that while safety is paramount, some accidents can be expected, given that its cars have gone \"the equivalent of over 15 years of typical human driving\" since fall. That would be approximately 140,000 miles. Google said its cars have gone over 700,000 miles in self-driving mode since they first hit the road in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The national rate for reported \"property-damage-only crashes\" is about 0.3 per 100,000 miles driven, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that context, Google's three in about 140,000 miles may seem high. As the company pointed out, however, perhaps 5 million minor accidents are not reported to authorities each year, so it is hard to gauge how typical Google's experience is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three other states have passed laws welcoming self-driving cars onto their roads. Regulators in Nevada, Michigan and Florida said they were not aware of any accidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As self-driving cars proliferate, other issues will arise that human drivers have dealt with for decades, notably who's liable for an accident. 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The one line that remained operational, the route from Pittsburg-Bay Point to San Francisco International Airport, is being single-tracked around the damaged rail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said the agency expects delays \"will bleed into the 5 p.m. hour,\" and she urged travelers to find alternate transportation. Later, the agency tweeted that repairs had started and the estimated time of service restoration is 4 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SFBART/status/596039551539421186\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trost said during a press conference outside the 16th Street station that a 10-inch piece of rail on eastbound tracks was reported broken about 9:20 a.m. after a train crossed the damaged area. 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"content": "\u003cp>Richard Brunelle says he feels trapped. He says he has to drive for Uber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Leandro man needs to make money for car payments. His 48-month loan is costing him $1,000 a month and has a 22.75 percent interest rate. He says he got into this mess through a vehicle financing program Uber created for drivers with poor or nonexistent credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2019/01/HarnettUberAutoLoan42415.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since November 2013, Uber has been \u003ca href=\"https://blog.uber.com/financing100000entrepreneurs\">signing up drivers\u003c/a> without cars or the credit to get one. The ride-service company connects drivers with car dealerships and a variety of lenders, some of which specialize in subprime auto loans. It promises to get them a car in less than a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The promotional video for the program says: “Everyone deserves to have a success story. Let Uber be part of yours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber says it created the financing program after hearing from potential drivers that they couldn't get cars. It has not released data on exactly how many drivers have used the program, but Uber says thousands have signed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's Uber's pitch for why banks should give loans to people with no credit: Its drivers are a safe bet regardless of their credit scores because they have a steady source of income -- the money they make driving. Economist William Black says that's faulty logic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Black is a former bank regulator who researches and writes on subprime auto loans. He says it's risky to give these loans to people with poor credit. In the case of Uber drivers, Black says, all kinds of things could go wrong and prevent them from making the high-interest car payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, driver income could change overnight if Uber decides to cut its rates, which it has done repeatedly. Drivers could get sick or injured. If they don't have savings, which many people with poor credit do not, drivers won't be able to make the payments and the car could get repossessed.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'The bottom line is, you need to underwrite these individuals.'\u003ccite>Economist William Black\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The “bottom line is, you need to underwrite these individuals,” Black says. In other words, the drivers should have co-signers for the loans. And they don't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Uber is working with lenders such as Santander Consumer USA, the American consumer finance unit of a Spanish banking group. The subsidiary has a \u003ca href=\"http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/08/07/santander-consumer-gets-subpoena-in-subprime-inquiry/?_r=0\">history of regulatory problems\u003c/a>. These lenders make subprime auto loans, charging high interest rates to people with no credit or bad credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brunelle, 58, started driving for Uber last August. He thought it would be a nice retirement job after working in the Navy, in a prison, in construction and as a truck driver. But Brunelle didn't have a car -- he rode a motorcycle -- and he says he had no credit because he'd always avoided credit cards. His wife told him about Uber's financing program and he decided to give it a try.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber connected Brunelle to a dealership and lender. Things did not go smoothly from there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brunelle says the dealer sold him a car that didn't qualify for the discount Uber promises as part of the financial package. He says the dealer also quoted him a different rate verbally than the rate on the paperwork he signed.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'This loan is like a ball and chain.'\u003ccite>Driver Richard Brunelle\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>When Brunelle got home, he realized he had signed a loan with a 22.75 percent interest rate. That means he will end up paying around $49,000 on a Kia Optima that normally retails for about $25,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tried to refinance this car last week and there's just too much overhead on the car right now that I can't get a re-fi on it,\" Brunelle says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dealer won't take the car back and Uber won't help him try to sort this out, says Brunelle. Now the loan is “like a ball and chain,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the financing program is just a scheme to get more drivers on the road so that Uber can make more profits. He says, “I feel like Uber not only tossed us to these wolves, but they intentionally did it and they are making bank on it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10499114\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 371px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10499114\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Brunelle says he has to work most of the week just to cover his 22.75 percent interest car loan and driving expenses.\" width=\"371\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Brunelle says he has to work most of the week just to cover his 22.75 percent interest car loan and driving expenses. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, Uber says it is proud of the program, and that it helps people get cars who normally couldn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber adds “that the agreement is between the driver and the lender -- rates are determined by the lender and the purchaser must agree to the rates.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, drivers are on their own when it comes to finalizing the financial deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as Brunelle's specific situation, Uber says: \"We provide drivers with a list of specific cars where an Uber discount applies, and the Kia Optima is \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">not\u003c/span> on the list. However, drivers are free to choose whatever car they’d like.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company says drivers should be able to make the loan payments for these cars by working 10 hours a week. But Brunelle says that math doesn't work out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Uber cut drivers' rates again last fall, Brunelle says he's working most of the week just to cover his loan payments and driving expenses. He's working just to break even.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now he is posting on forums, warning other drivers not to take the financing. Otherwise, he says, they could end up trapped like him.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber says it created the financing program after hearing from potential drivers that they couldn't get cars. It has not released data on exactly how many drivers have used the program, but Uber says thousands have signed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's Uber's pitch for why banks should give loans to people with no credit: Its drivers are a safe bet regardless of their credit scores because they have a steady source of income -- the money they make driving. Economist William Black says that's faulty logic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Black is a former bank regulator who researches and writes on subprime auto loans. He says it's risky to give these loans to people with poor credit. In the case of Uber drivers, Black says, all kinds of things could go wrong and prevent them from making the high-interest car payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, driver income could change overnight if Uber decides to cut its rates, which it has done repeatedly. Drivers could get sick or injured. If they don't have savings, which many people with poor credit do not, drivers won't be able to make the payments and the car could get repossessed.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'The bottom line is, you need to underwrite these individuals.'\u003ccite>Economist William Black\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The “bottom line is, you need to underwrite these individuals,” Black says. In other words, the drivers should have co-signers for the loans. And they don't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Uber is working with lenders such as Santander Consumer USA, the American consumer finance unit of a Spanish banking group. The subsidiary has a \u003ca href=\"http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/08/07/santander-consumer-gets-subpoena-in-subprime-inquiry/?_r=0\">history of regulatory problems\u003c/a>. These lenders make subprime auto loans, charging high interest rates to people with no credit or bad credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brunelle, 58, started driving for Uber last August. He thought it would be a nice retirement job after working in the Navy, in a prison, in construction and as a truck driver. But Brunelle didn't have a car -- he rode a motorcycle -- and he says he had no credit because he'd always avoided credit cards. His wife told him about Uber's financing program and he decided to give it a try.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber connected Brunelle to a dealership and lender. Things did not go smoothly from there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brunelle says the dealer sold him a car that didn't qualify for the discount Uber promises as part of the financial package. He says the dealer also quoted him a different rate verbally than the rate on the paperwork he signed.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'This loan is like a ball and chain.'\u003ccite>Driver Richard Brunelle\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>When Brunelle got home, he realized he had signed a loan with a 22.75 percent interest rate. That means he will end up paying around $49,000 on a Kia Optima that normally retails for about $25,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tried to refinance this car last week and there's just too much overhead on the car right now that I can't get a re-fi on it,\" Brunelle says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dealer won't take the car back and Uber won't help him try to sort this out, says Brunelle. Now the loan is “like a ball and chain,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the financing program is just a scheme to get more drivers on the road so that Uber can make more profits. 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"content": "\u003cp>Want to relive the golden years of aviation? In a warehouse miles from Hollywood, you’ll find a high-class tribute to the beloved airline Pan Am.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every other Saturday night, customers line up outside a warehouse in Pacoima to relive a nostalgic experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a small boy, said Anthony Toth, “I started collecting airplane models, and small things like timetables and luggage tags. But as I got older, the desire to have more and more aircraft things became greater and greater.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Tears came to my eyes, because it was so real.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>So much so that Toth visited so-called airport graveyards in the deserts that sold larger pieces of fuselage … “sidewall panels, and overhead bins, and galley modules and seats. And as I became a young adult, no matter where I lived, I always had a small aircraft mockup in my house. And fast forward about 20 years later, this is what happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What happened was Pan Am Experience, Toth’s tribute to the beloved Pan American Airways, complete with original Boeing 747 parts, first-class and coach-section seating, staircase to a dining and cocktail area and a crew in full retro stewardess attire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/201327631\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pan Am flew to destinations all around the world, at a time when the rest of the world hadn’t started flying. Only the affluent got to spin around the globe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flying was different then, and the Pan Am experience recreates it for paying customers -- many of whom have their own stowed memories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Josh Defelice and Brent Kaspar are flight attendants who live in West Hollywood, and came to see what flying used to be like when it was “actually glamorous,” they say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barbara Norberg worked as an attendant on the real Pan Am, from 1970 until the company went out of business in 1991, handling Clipper service customers who meandered throughout the cabin, in and out of first class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10494067\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/panam2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10494067\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/panam2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"History buffs Andrea and Anthony Welch came from Houston, Texas for the Pan Am Experience\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/panam2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/panam2-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/panam2-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/panam2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/panam2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/panam2-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">History buffs Andrea and Anthony Welch came from Houston, Texas, for the Pan Am Experience \u003ccite>(Avishay Artsy/KCRW)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Passengers were different,” Norberg, the Pan Am Experience hospitality director, said. “You see tonight, everyone’s here, dressed up, looking nice, looking like they’re going to travel around the world. Now you get on an airplane, people barely dress, let alone dress up, so, it’s a kind of a different atmosphere on airplanes. It’s a bus with wings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norberg, like others who are here, reminisce in this experience. One that begins at the front of the sound stage, in Pacoima, before passengers are gently shooed onto the plane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uniformed attendants Holly Gray and Roger Garcia check passengers into this mock journey to the past. Both are actors, and they’re fully dressed in 1960s Pan Am blue and white.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re flying all over the world, so every day is new,” Garcia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Plus, it’s different every night. You meet new people with interesting jobs. People that have worked in the airline industry before, and you get to hear wonderful memories,” Grey said. “So, it’s a really cool experience to feel like you’re part of this big family that was Pan Am.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the plane, in first class, the velvet blue and red seats, the passenger information cards, even the glasses and silverware, it’s all vintage Pan Am.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, of course, there’s the food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have a plate with caprese or you can get shrimp. And then we serve either the pasta or we have the meat with the chateaubriand sauce, or we have the chicken. And then we have a plate of fruit and cheese, and then we serve the cake. Five-course meal, yes,” said our attendant, Melorine Adler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flight attendant actually carves a roast on a rolling cart. Similar to how it was done onboard a flight, decades ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pan Am Experience is actually part of a complex of old airplane cabins and cockpits. You see an inside airplane scene on TV or in a movie? 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We did the movie 'Bridesmaids',” said Air Hollywood general manager Rob Shalhoub. “We have a wide body jet, it’s a 767, we have two narrow-body jets, a 757 and a 737, we have a G3 private jet, we have a Lear jet, a bunch of cockpits, a lot of props, an airport terminal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s even the cockpit to the famous comedy \"Airplane,\" where a version of Otto, the automatic pilot, still sits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But who cares about the big screen, when this experience feeds the memories of a grateful employee?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The real-life movie that plays in the mind of Barbara Norberg, who wore the outfit, served the drinks, made passengers and customers smile -- this experience keeps Pan Am alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I walked into the first-class door there, and tears came to my eyes, because it was so real. It was so well done. 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Now you get on an airplane, people barely dress, let alone dress up, so, it’s a kind of a different atmosphere on airplanes. It’s a bus with wings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norberg, like others who are here, reminisce in this experience. One that begins at the front of the sound stage, in Pacoima, before passengers are gently shooed onto the plane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uniformed attendants Holly Gray and Roger Garcia check passengers into this mock journey to the past. Both are actors, and they’re fully dressed in 1960s Pan Am blue and white.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re flying all over the world, so every day is new,” Garcia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Plus, it’s different every night. You meet new people with interesting jobs. People that have worked in the airline industry before, and you get to hear wonderful memories,” Grey said. “So, it’s a really cool experience to feel like you’re part of this big family that was Pan Am.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the plane, in first class, the velvet blue and red seats, the passenger information cards, even the glasses and silverware, it’s all vintage Pan Am.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, of course, there’s the food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have a plate with caprese or you can get shrimp. And then we serve either the pasta or we have the meat with the chateaubriand sauce, or we have the chicken. And then we have a plate of fruit and cheese, and then we serve the cake. Five-course meal, yes,” said our attendant, Melorine Adler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flight attendant actually carves a roast on a rolling cart. Similar to how it was done onboard a flight, decades ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pan Am Experience is actually part of a complex of old airplane cabins and cockpits. 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"content": "\u003cp>Taxes have always been pretty easy for Enrique. He received W-2s, did the calculations himself and usually got a nice return. Then last year all that changed, after he signed up to drive for Lyft and Uber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The income Enrique earns from driving for these ride-service companies makes him a sort of independent contractor, which raises a lot more tax questions than working as an employee does. Now Enrique has to keep track of his income and deductions, maintain records and save receipts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's a brand-new world,” Enrique says. And he's still trying to figure it all out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2019/01/HarnettGigWorkerTaxes2015.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enrique does not want to use his full name because he is afraid the companies won't appreciate his criticism. He says it's pretty much all up to the drivers to figure out everything about this job -- what's legal, what's safe and how to do the taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've got firsthand experience for this story. Last winter I drove some for Lyft. I was interviewing passengers to make a podcast. I've worked as a freelancer for years, so I was used to handling more complicated taxes. But that is not the case for Enrique.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Albert Einstein once said, 'The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.'\u003ccite>Quote on Lyft website\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Like many new gig workers, Enrique has never owned a business nor been an independent contractor. He is unsure what to deduct and what records to keep. He says it is hard to get the information he needs. That's why he met with tax adviser Matthew Whatley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber and Lyft provide drivers with statistics about their rides, but on their websites they urge drivers to seek professional tax advice. Whatley says people who come to him, like Enrique, are unprepared come tax time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I've never seen a single person from Lyft or Uber come in that had any idea of what their tax liability was or what kind of records to keep,\" Whatley says. \"Not one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taxes for this new kind of gig work are confusing, Whatley says. Not every gig company handles taxes the same way. Sometimes workers get tax forms stating their income; other times they don’t. Some drivers haven’t paid taxes for a few years, he says. Others are paying more than they should.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These people are literally thrown to the wolves,” Whatley says. “They are being put in a tax meat grinder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I've never seen a single person from Lyft or Uber come in that had any idea of what kind of records to keep. Not one.'\u003ccite>Matthew Whatley, tax adviser\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Whatley says many don't realize the extra load put on contractors when it comes to taxes. First, contractors have higher tax burdens than employees. That's because for employees, companies pay half the Social Security and Medicare taxes. Contractors also have to keep their own records -- mileage logs, gas receipts and other deductible expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is all a surprisingly big obligation the companies are not upfront about, Enrique says. The advertisements soliciting drivers say how much they will make hourly -- before expenses, taxes and the time spent maintaining records and figuring out deductions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10490041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 408px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10490041\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-800x789.jpg\" alt=\"RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut\" width=\"408\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-800x789.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-400x394.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-768x757.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-320x316.jpg 320w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-75x75.jpg 75w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut.jpg 1010w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen shot of an Uber ad promising hourly rates.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the things gig workers like Enrique have to figure out is a relatively new tax form, \u003ca href=\"http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Understanding-Your-1099-K\">the 1099-K\u003c/a>. It is different from the 1099 form contractors normally use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 1099-K shows total credit card transactions, in this case between the riders and the company. Drivers then have to subtract expenses like tolls and fees they pay to Uber and Lyft. This makes it trickier for drivers to keep track of income, says Patricia Cain, law professor at Santa Clara University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cain gives this example: Let's say a driver earns $18,000 of income, but there was $3,500 in fees and tolls that Uber charged to riders. The 1099-K the driver receives would show $21,500 gross income because that was the total of credit card transactions between the riders and Uber. The driver would then have to account for all the expenses that make up the difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cain says 1099-Ks were not originally designed for this kind of gig work. They were \u003ca href=\"https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Small-Business-Taxes/What-Online-Business-Owners-Should-Know-About-IRS-Form-1099-K/INF23095.html\">developed in 2008\u003c/a> to track income that people make from sites like eBay and Etsy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"QwPotqqcCCuLX84WYC4OjvxYI3qcMpUR\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, why are these gig companies using the new forms? In an email, Lyft wrote that the 1099-K complies with tax rules. Uber did not respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/faculty/facultyProfile.php?facID=7232\" target=\"_blank\">David Gamage\u003c/a> is a professor of tax law at UC Berkeley. He says the 1099-K could be part of a business strategy. It may be an effort to look more like an online marketplace that connect drivers with riders, rather than a company that contracts with those drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's entirely possible that a primary reason for their adopting these structures is to want to distance themselves from the actions of their drivers,” Gamage says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exact nature of the relationship between the companies and drivers is an important issue. Right now there are \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhuet/2015/03/11/lyft-uber-employee-jury-trial-ruling/\">two class-action lawsuits\u003c/a> in California in which drivers are alleging that they are actually employees rather than independent contractors. If the lawsuits succeed, companies like Uber and Lyft would have to pay a lot more in taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Enrique, doing his taxes has been illuminating. He finally saw what he was actually earning -- less than minimum wage. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've got firsthand experience for this story. Last winter I drove some for Lyft. I was interviewing passengers to make a podcast. I've worked as a freelancer for years, so I was used to handling more complicated taxes. But that is not the case for Enrique.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Albert Einstein once said, 'The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.'\u003ccite>Quote on Lyft website\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Like many new gig workers, Enrique has never owned a business nor been an independent contractor. He is unsure what to deduct and what records to keep. He says it is hard to get the information he needs. That's why he met with tax adviser Matthew Whatley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber and Lyft provide drivers with statistics about their rides, but on their websites they urge drivers to seek professional tax advice. Whatley says people who come to him, like Enrique, are unprepared come tax time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I've never seen a single person from Lyft or Uber come in that had any idea of what their tax liability was or what kind of records to keep,\" Whatley says. \"Not one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taxes for this new kind of gig work are confusing, Whatley says. Not every gig company handles taxes the same way. Sometimes workers get tax forms stating their income; other times they don’t. Some drivers haven’t paid taxes for a few years, he says. Others are paying more than they should.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These people are literally thrown to the wolves,” Whatley says. “They are being put in a tax meat grinder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I've never seen a single person from Lyft or Uber come in that had any idea of what kind of records to keep. Not one.'\u003ccite>Matthew Whatley, tax adviser\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Whatley says many don't realize the extra load put on contractors when it comes to taxes. First, contractors have higher tax burdens than employees. That's because for employees, companies pay half the Social Security and Medicare taxes. Contractors also have to keep their own records -- mileage logs, gas receipts and other deductible expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is all a surprisingly big obligation the companies are not upfront about, Enrique says. The advertisements soliciting drivers say how much they will make hourly -- before expenses, taxes and the time spent maintaining records and figuring out deductions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10490041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 408px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10490041\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-800x789.jpg\" alt=\"RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut\" width=\"408\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-800x789.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-400x394.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-768x757.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-320x316.jpg 320w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut-75x75.jpg 75w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14829_Uber-screen-shot-qut.jpg 1010w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen shot of an Uber ad promising hourly rates.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the things gig workers like Enrique have to figure out is a relatively new tax form, \u003ca href=\"http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Understanding-Your-1099-K\">the 1099-K\u003c/a>. It is different from the 1099 form contractors normally use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 1099-K shows total credit card transactions, in this case between the riders and the company. Drivers then have to subtract expenses like tolls and fees they pay to Uber and Lyft. This makes it trickier for drivers to keep track of income, says Patricia Cain, law professor at Santa Clara University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cain gives this example: Let's say a driver earns $18,000 of income, but there was $3,500 in fees and tolls that Uber charged to riders. The 1099-K the driver receives would show $21,500 gross income because that was the total of credit card transactions between the riders and Uber. The driver would then have to account for all the expenses that make up the difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cain says 1099-Ks were not originally designed for this kind of gig work. They were \u003ca href=\"https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Small-Business-Taxes/What-Online-Business-Owners-Should-Know-About-IRS-Form-1099-K/INF23095.html\">developed in 2008\u003c/a> to track income that people make from sites like eBay and Etsy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, why are these gig companies using the new forms? In an email, Lyft wrote that the 1099-K complies with tax rules. Uber did not respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/faculty/facultyProfile.php?facID=7232\" target=\"_blank\">David Gamage\u003c/a> is a professor of tax law at UC Berkeley. He says the 1099-K could be part of a business strategy. It may be an effort to look more like an online marketplace that connect drivers with riders, rather than a company that contracts with those drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's entirely possible that a primary reason for their adopting these structures is to want to distance themselves from the actions of their drivers,” Gamage says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exact nature of the relationship between the companies and drivers is an important issue. Right now there are \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhuet/2015/03/11/lyft-uber-employee-jury-trial-ruling/\">two class-action lawsuits\u003c/a> in California in which drivers are alleging that they are actually employees rather than independent contractors. If the lawsuits succeed, companies like Uber and Lyft would have to pay a lot more in taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Enrique, doing his taxes has been illuminating. He finally saw what he was actually earning -- less than minimum wage. 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