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"content": "\u003cp>NASA is about to launch a new spaceship into orbit, and Mallory Loe has never heard of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I mean, technically, NASA doesn't have another spaceship, do they?\" she asks incredulously during a visit to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's hardly the only one who doesn't know about this new spacecraft. In fact, none of a half-dozen tourists NPR interviewed in the museum's lobby was aware of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nasa.gov/orion/\">Orion\u003c/a> spaceship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, the unmanned Orion test vehicle is set to be launched into space aboard a commercial rocket. It will orbit Earth twice, traveling 3,600 miles away from the planet on its second lap. Then it will re-enter the atmosphere and splash into the Pacific Ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's designed for deep space, but Orion's first mission will be back to the neighborhood of the moon. \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2013/04/12/176798246/in-nasas-budget-plans-to-shrink-wrap-an-asteroid\">The plan is to have a robot capture a small asteroid and drag it back to lunar orbit\u003c/a>. Then Orion will carry up to four astronauts to meet it. 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"content": "\u003cp>Transbay BART service shut down for about 2½ hours today due to a protest related to a grand jury's decision earlier this week not to indict police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART has now resumed normal service and the West Oakland station, where the protest occurred, has reopened. Passengers had to use AC Transit buses -- or drive or walk -- during the disruption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART police said 14 arrests were made. BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said the protest involved about 100 individuals. About two dozen of them chained themselves to each other after other protesters had chained themselves to poles inside trains, Trost said. This occurred on both sides of the West Oakland station and prevented trains from traveling through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In at least one case, a post was removed with \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JohnSasaki1/status/538417019985485824\" target=\"_blank\">one of the protesters still attached\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some protesters \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jilltucker/status/538421161395097602\" target=\"_blank\">wore shirts\u003c/a> with the hashtag \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23blacklivesmatter&src=typd\" target=\"_blank\">#BlackLivesMatter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is an organized way for the community to express its frustration,\" said Saleem Shakir-Gilmore, who was with the demonstrators. Referring to one of the biggest shopping days of the year, he said, \"Young people have decided to shut down the West Oakland BART Station to prevent people from having a happy Black Friday, because black lives matter.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/ndnvideos/?ndn.trackingGroup=45981&ndn.siteSection=sfgate&ndn.videoId=28203148&freewheel=45981&sitesection=sfgate&vid=28203148\" target=\"_blank\">video of the protest\u003c/a> from the San Francisco Chronicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"http://launch.newsinc.com/?type=VideoPlayer/Single&widgetId=1&trackingGroup=69016&siteSection=sfgate&videoId=28203148\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activist groups had called for a consumer boycott of Black Friday in protest of the Ferguson case. Today's action on BART came amid protests nationwide against the grand jury decision not to indict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sEOjAsxhfc&feature=youtu.be&list=PLeE5ieq-30Chh8qRhezGpzOofiynUTshZ\" target=\"_blank\">video\u003c/a> shot in downtown Oakland and narrated by civil rights attorney John Burris, calling for a Black Friday boycott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Rachel Dornhelm spoke today to Gabriel Hetland, who teaches at UC Berkeley and whose research has looked at the relationship between capitalism and social movements. He said that linkage has been made previously in many places in the world, such as in Latin America, and that activists are increasingly making the connection in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In the U.S. for a while people weren’t seeing those links, but I think that vanished with the Occupy movement, for instance, where it was really clear there was widespread frustration and anger over the inequality and sort of priorities of our society,\" Hetland said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The question is: Do we value the security of everyone or do we value shopping?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bay City News contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"updates\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rolling updates below:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 1:20 p.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>Per \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFBART\">@SFBART\u003c/a>, several disperse orders given before \"about 16 arrests\"; 20-25 protesters on platforms, 100+ @ \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BART?src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> station \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/FergusonOakland?src=hash\">#FergusonOakland\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Matthias Gafni (@mgafni) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/mgafni/status/538439169958490112\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 1:03 pm.\u003c/strong> BART says West Oakland station has reopened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 1 p.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>Preliminary numbers from BART are that 16 people were arrested in West Oakland after chaining themselves to trains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Kristin Hanes (@KristinHanes) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KristinHanes/status/538434972630011904\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>BART spokesperson Alicia Trost said the Lake Merritt station also saw some protests but no service was disrupted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:37 p.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART service has begun to squeak back to life ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>We have begun limited train service in and out of San Francisco. West Oakland station is closed no trains will not stop at West Oakland. We have major delays system wide.\u003cbr>\nThere is a major delay system wide due to civil unrest at West Oakland Station. There is no service into or out of San Francisco at this time. Please seek other forms of transportation. A/C Transit buses \"O\" or \"NL\" travel between the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco and Oakland.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:35 p.m.\u003c/strong> Photo from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/BlackLivesMatter\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page of Black Lives Matter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart5.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10359887\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart5.jpg\" alt=\"bart5\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart5.jpg 540w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart5-400x711.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:02 p.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>One side clear. SF bound side still blocked \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/fergusob?src=hash\">#fergusob\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/4MtE1vjCoL\">pic.twitter.com/4MtE1vjCoL\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Jill Tucker (@jilltucker) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jilltucker/status/538421161395097602\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/ferguson4.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10359825\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/ferguson4.jpg\" alt=\"ferguson4\" width=\"562\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/ferguson4.jpg 562w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/ferguson4-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 11:50 a.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>Still blocked. Place a call then unlawful assembly and firefighters are prepared to cut them out.\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/ferguson?src=hash\">#ferguson\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/WDtpW0j7Z8\">pic.twitter.com/WDtpW0j7Z8\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Jill Tucker (@jilltucker) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jilltucker/status/538419357055856641\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart3.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10359823\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart3.jpg\" alt=\"bart3\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart3.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart3-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 11:42 a.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>Man removed from train with post he was chained to. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/police?src=hash\">#police\u003c/a> starting to wrap up this action. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/KTVU?src=hash\">#KTVU\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/ur6iULP4c5\">pic.twitter.com/ur6iULP4c5\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— John Sasaki (@JohnSasaki1) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JohnSasaki1/status/538417019985485824\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10359820\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart2.jpg\" alt=\"bart2\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart2.jpg 599w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart2-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 11:40 a.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash\">#BREAKING\u003c/a> arrests now being made W Oakland BART. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/98uHpKhYoa\">pic.twitter.com/98uHpKhYoa\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LauraAnthony7/status/538416421332480002\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 11:30 a.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash\">#BREAKING\u003c/a> Police just gave protestors 2 min to disperse. Still chained to cars. Cops say they will start arrests. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/mapit?src=hash\">#mapit\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LauraAnthony7/status/538413602831491072\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From ABC7's Laura Anthony:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>Protestors have chained themselves to BART cars on platform at W Oakland station. Passengers stranded. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/L0NrtEz3bV\">pic.twitter.com/L0NrtEz3bV\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LauraAnthony7/status/538404450512023553\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10359752\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart.jpg\" alt=\"bart\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And from KTVU:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/UPDATE?src=hash\">#UPDATE\u003c/a>: 15-20 protestors have chained themselves to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BART?src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> trains at West Oakland station \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/aBmUwrQh2p\">pic.twitter.com/aBmUwrQh2p\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— KTVU (@KTVU) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KTVU/status/538412977720803329\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/ktvu.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10359810\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/ktvu.jpg\" alt=\"ktvu\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/ktvu.jpg 599w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/ktvu-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Alex Emslie was on his way from the East Bay to San Francisco when his BART train was stopped at the 12th Street Station in Oakland and taken out of service. He says an announcement was made that the service interruption was \"due to civil disobedience\" before it was eventually attributed to \"civil unrest.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Transbay BART service shut down for about 2½ hours today due to a protest related to a grand jury's decision earlier this week not to indict police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART has now resumed normal service and the West Oakland station, where the protest occurred, has reopened. Passengers had to use AC Transit buses -- or drive or walk -- during the disruption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART police said 14 arrests were made. BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said the protest involved about 100 individuals. About two dozen of them chained themselves to each other after other protesters had chained themselves to poles inside trains, Trost said. This occurred on both sides of the West Oakland station and prevented trains from traveling through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In at least one case, a post was removed with \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JohnSasaki1/status/538417019985485824\" target=\"_blank\">one of the protesters still attached\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some protesters \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jilltucker/status/538421161395097602\" target=\"_blank\">wore shirts\u003c/a> with the hashtag \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23blacklivesmatter&src=typd\" target=\"_blank\">#BlackLivesMatter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is an organized way for the community to express its frustration,\" said Saleem Shakir-Gilmore, who was with the demonstrators. Referring to one of the biggest shopping days of the year, he said, \"Young people have decided to shut down the West Oakland BART Station to prevent people from having a happy Black Friday, because black lives matter.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/ndnvideos/?ndn.trackingGroup=45981&ndn.siteSection=sfgate&ndn.videoId=28203148&freewheel=45981&sitesection=sfgate&vid=28203148\" target=\"_blank\">video of the protest\u003c/a> from the San Francisco Chronicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"http://launch.newsinc.com/?type=VideoPlayer/Single&widgetId=1&trackingGroup=69016&siteSection=sfgate&videoId=28203148\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activist groups had called for a consumer boycott of Black Friday in protest of the Ferguson case. Today's action on BART came amid protests nationwide against the grand jury decision not to indict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sEOjAsxhfc&feature=youtu.be&list=PLeE5ieq-30Chh8qRhezGpzOofiynUTshZ\" target=\"_blank\">video\u003c/a> shot in downtown Oakland and narrated by civil rights attorney John Burris, calling for a Black Friday boycott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Rachel Dornhelm spoke today to Gabriel Hetland, who teaches at UC Berkeley and whose research has looked at the relationship between capitalism and social movements. He said that linkage has been made previously in many places in the world, such as in Latin America, and that activists are increasingly making the connection in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In the U.S. for a while people weren’t seeing those links, but I think that vanished with the Occupy movement, for instance, where it was really clear there was widespread frustration and anger over the inequality and sort of priorities of our society,\" Hetland said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The question is: Do we value the security of everyone or do we value shopping?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bay City News contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"updates\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rolling updates below:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 1:20 p.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>Per \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFBART\">@SFBART\u003c/a>, several disperse orders given before \"about 16 arrests\"; 20-25 protesters on platforms, 100+ @ \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BART?src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> station \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/FergusonOakland?src=hash\">#FergusonOakland\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Matthias Gafni (@mgafni) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/mgafni/status/538439169958490112\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 1:03 pm.\u003c/strong> BART says West Oakland station has reopened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 1 p.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>Preliminary numbers from BART are that 16 people were arrested in West Oakland after chaining themselves to trains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Kristin Hanes (@KristinHanes) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KristinHanes/status/538434972630011904\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>BART spokesperson Alicia Trost said the Lake Merritt station also saw some protests but no service was disrupted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:37 p.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART service has begun to squeak back to life ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>We have begun limited train service in and out of San Francisco. West Oakland station is closed no trains will not stop at West Oakland. We have major delays system wide.\u003cbr>\nThere is a major delay system wide due to civil unrest at West Oakland Station. There is no service into or out of San Francisco at this time. Please seek other forms of transportation. A/C Transit buses \"O\" or \"NL\" travel between the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco and Oakland.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:35 p.m.\u003c/strong> Photo from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/BlackLivesMatter\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page of Black Lives Matter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart5.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10359887\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart5.jpg\" alt=\"bart5\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart5.jpg 540w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart5-400x711.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:02 p.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>One side clear. SF bound side still blocked \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/fergusob?src=hash\">#fergusob\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/4MtE1vjCoL\">pic.twitter.com/4MtE1vjCoL\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Jill Tucker (@jilltucker) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jilltucker/status/538421161395097602\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/ferguson4.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10359825\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/ferguson4.jpg\" alt=\"ferguson4\" width=\"562\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/ferguson4.jpg 562w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/ferguson4-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 11:50 a.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>Still blocked. Place a call then unlawful assembly and firefighters are prepared to cut them out.\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/ferguson?src=hash\">#ferguson\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/WDtpW0j7Z8\">pic.twitter.com/WDtpW0j7Z8\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Jill Tucker (@jilltucker) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jilltucker/status/538419357055856641\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart3.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10359823\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart3.jpg\" alt=\"bart3\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart3.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart3-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 11:42 a.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>Man removed from train with post he was chained to. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/police?src=hash\">#police\u003c/a> starting to wrap up this action. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/KTVU?src=hash\">#KTVU\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/ur6iULP4c5\">pic.twitter.com/ur6iULP4c5\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— John Sasaki (@JohnSasaki1) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JohnSasaki1/status/538417019985485824\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10359820\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart2.jpg\" alt=\"bart2\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart2.jpg 599w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart2-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 11:40 a.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash\">#BREAKING\u003c/a> arrests now being made W Oakland BART. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/98uHpKhYoa\">pic.twitter.com/98uHpKhYoa\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LauraAnthony7/status/538416421332480002\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 11:30 a.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash\">#BREAKING\u003c/a> Police just gave protestors 2 min to disperse. Still chained to cars. Cops say they will start arrests. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/mapit?src=hash\">#mapit\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LauraAnthony7/status/538413602831491072\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From ABC7's Laura Anthony:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>Protestors have chained themselves to BART cars on platform at W Oakland station. Passengers stranded. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/L0NrtEz3bV\">pic.twitter.com/L0NrtEz3bV\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LauraAnthony7/status/538404450512023553\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10359752\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart.jpg\" alt=\"bart\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And from KTVU:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/UPDATE?src=hash\">#UPDATE\u003c/a>: 15-20 protestors have chained themselves to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BART?src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> trains at West Oakland station \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/aBmUwrQh2p\">pic.twitter.com/aBmUwrQh2p\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— KTVU (@KTVU) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KTVU/status/538412977720803329\">November 28, 2014\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/ktvu.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10359810\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/ktvu.jpg\" alt=\"ktvu\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/ktvu.jpg 599w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/ktvu-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Alex Emslie was on his way from the East Bay to San Francisco when his BART train was stopped at the 12th Street Station in Oakland and taken out of service. 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"content": "\u003cp>Every once in a while, we like to do a roundup of what's happening in terms of the great ride-service war going on around the country. Uber and Lyft, both based in San Francisco, keep expanding wherever they can, but they also continue to run into regulatory roadblocks in some cities -- and also continue, of course, to draw the ire of local cab companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For what it's worth, R Street, a conservative think tank, has issued a \u003ca href=\"http://www.rstreet.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/RSTREET29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report that grades various cities\u003c/a> based on a set of criteria indicating \"TNC friendliness.\" San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland all gets A's. (Though in San Francisco, it wasn't for want of trying. The SFMTA has submitted many comments to the California Public Utilities Commission -- Uber and Lyft's regulator -- calling for more regulation.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So which are the cities that get F's (or, conversely, A's from the cab industry)? They are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Jacksonville\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Kansas City\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Las Vegas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Omaha\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Philadelphia\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Phoenix\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Portland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>San Antonio\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Here's a little taste of this week's developments in this particular sector of the \"sharing economy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chattanooga\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2014/nov/12/uber-meets-with-local-drivers-todayas-ride/\">Uber meets with local drivers today as ride-sharing service eyes Chattanooga market\u003c/a> (Chattanooga Times Free Press)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber appears ready to bring its technology-based transport service to Chattanooga, which brags that it offers the fastest Internet service for such apps in the Western Hemisphere as America's first \"Gig City.\" ... Uber has yet to approach Chattanooga's Transportation Authority, formerly the city taxi board, to obtain city licenses required by taxi carriers to service the city. Chattanooga Police Officer Charles Topping said the city has not talked with anyone from Uber, although the city attorney's office is still studying whether the ride-sharing program by Uber would be governed by the transportation authority.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cincinnati\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/11/11/cvg-bans-uber-lyft/18863927/\">Uber, Lyft must have permit at airport\u003c/a> (Cincinnati Enquirer)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber and Lyft have never been allowed to pick-up customers at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport – and now signs have been posted around the terminal informing fliers about the rule. CVG officials released a statement Tuesday about the ban on the popular ride-sharing companies, just hours after someone posted a photo of a sign on the social media site Reddit.com.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Houston\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/City-to-allow-ride-share-operators-at-Houston-5888089.php\">City to allow ride-share operators at Houston airports\u003c/a> (Houston Chronicle)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>App-based ride service companies such as Uber will be allowed to pick up passengers at Houston airports under rules City Council approved Wednesday. The Houston rules are similar to those in Nashville, Tenn., requiring the app-based companies to build a virtual fence, get airport-specific permits and pay set fees for rides originating from Houston Airport System facilities. The companies will be responsible for the same fees taxi drivers are currently charged - $2.75 at Bush Intercontinental and $1.25 at Hobby per departing ride.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Las Vegas\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.jrn.com/ktnv/news/Las-Vegas-cab-drivers-protest-Uber-282526751.html\">Las Vegas cab drivers protest Uber\u003c/a> (ABC 13 Las Vegas)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Just days before Uber heads back to court to fight to stay in Las Vegas, local taxicab drivers protested on the Las Vegas Strip. Dozens of cab drivers filed in a single line in the center lane of Las Vegas Boulevard on Wednesday evening. They want Uber to follow the same industry regulations they do.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Madison\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-hall/committee-recommends-tight-regulation-of-ride-sharing-companies-uber-lyft/article_1b171ae6-5fe1-5346-ac61-dc4ed9255c76.html\">Committee recommends tight regulation of ride-sharing companies Uber, Lyft\u003c/a> (Wisconsin State Journal)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber and Lyft would face high insurance requirements, have to operate around the clock and be barred from using “surge” pricing during peak demand times if Madison City Council members regulate them the way a city subcommittee recommended Tuesday. One taxi official applauded the recommendations, saying they amounted to a good start in regulating ride-sharing companies, but the companies were far more critical.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New York\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/johanabhuiyan/exclusive-ny-attorney-general-comes-out-against-rules-that-w\">NY Attorney General Comes Out Against Rules That Would Limit Uber And Lyft\u003c/a> (BuzzFeed)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In a letter last Friday to the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) obtained by BuzzFeed News, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman took a formal stand against a proposed rule that would largely limit the way app-based car services like Uber and Lyft operate in New York. Schneiderman wrote that the proposed rules, as written, would unfairly limit competition. “From a competitive standpoint, these advances may lower the costs of entry for new for-hire vehicle services and encourage existing services to compete more effectively for both drivers and passengers.” The proposed ruling — which would prevent a base from dispatching a driver that was affiliated with another base (unless there was a formal agreement between the two bases) — would effectively limit Lyft’s supply of drivers to the 10 that are affiliated with the company’s base in New York. The one way around this is if other bases agree to allow their drivers to also drive for Lyft.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Philadelphia\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.philly.com/philly/business/transportation/20141114_PUC_approves_Uber_for_state__not_Philadelphia.html\">PUC approves UberX for state, not Philadelphia\u003c/a> (Philadelphia Inquirer)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>UberX, the controversial ride-sharing service, won approval Thursday to operate in most of Pennsylvania, but not in Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission, which regulates taxi and limousine service in every county except Philadelphia, overruled its staff in a split decision, deciding that UberX can operate statewide for two years, if it meets requirements for auto insurance, driver background checks, and financial reporting. However, the order does not apply to Philadelphia, where the Philadelphia Parking Authority regulates taxi service. The PPA has been aggressively opposing UberX service, in which riders electronically summon private drivers in their personal cars.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pittsburgh\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.post-gazette.com/business/2014/11/13/Uber-gets-license-approval-from-Pennsylvania-PUC/stories/201411130305\">PUC grants Uber license to operate experimental service\u003c/a> (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Despite a recommendation from two administrative law judges that ride sharing company Uber be denied approval to operate in Allegheny County, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission today granted the San Francisco-based ride sharing company a two-year experimental license. The commissioners also granted Uber a similar license to operate in other parts of Pennsylvania, excluding Philadelphia. The vote was 4-1 with vice chairman John Coleman dissenting.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Portland\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.opb.org/news/article/uber-launches-in-portland-suburbs-but-not-portland/\">Uber Launches in Portland Suburbs, But Not Portland\u003c/a> (OPB)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The rideshare app Uber announced today it is launching in four cities in the Portland metro area. They are Tigard, Hillsboro, Gresham, and Beaverton. ... Portland currently bans non-taxi ride services like Uber. But the City’s Department of Transportation says it is overhauling its taxi rules and regulations, and might consider ridesharing services in the future.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Antonio\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sacurrent.com/Blogs/archives/2014/11/10/uber-and-lyft-are-on-the-public-safety-committee-agenda-again\" target=\"_blank\">Council to discuss new rules for Uber, Lyft\u003c/a> (KSAT San Antonio)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The San Antonio City Council’s Public Safety Committee voted Wednesday to send a host of policy recommendations to the entire City Council for discussion.The issue will be heard by the entire council on Dec. 3. The recommendations would amend Chapter 33 of the city’s code, which governs the local vehicle-for-hire industry. Despite multiple cease-and-desist orders, drivers for transportation companies such as Uber and Lyft continue to operate in San Antonio illegally. So far, seven drivers have received citations and several cars have been impounded.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>St. Louis\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/blog/biznext/2014/11/one-month-in-uber-ready-to-launch-uberx-in-st.html\">One month in, Uber ready to launch UberX in St. Louis\u003c/a> (St. Louis)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Now operational in St. Louis for just more than a month, Uber officials said reception to its Uber Black service has been positive. Furthermore, Uber Associate General Manager Sagar Shah said the company is ready to start talking about bringing its UberX service to town.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Washington D.C.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/11/12/free-market-advocates-say-d-c-is-the-uber-friendliest-city-in-the-nation/\">Free market advocates say D.C. is the Uber-friendliest city in the nation\u003c/a> (Wonkblog)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Cities have responded to new transportation providers like Uber and Lyft in wildly differing ways, with open arms, or cease-and-desist letters, preemptive bans or legal blessings. If you're someone who travels a lot (or a lobbyist charged with navigating all these places), it's a little hard to keep track of who's in favor of these companies and who's not. So here is a \u003ca href=\"http://www.rstreet.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/RSTREET29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">scorecard\u003c/a>, courtesy of the free-market think tank R Street, which has graded the 50 largest cities in the country on how how friendly and open their transportation markets are to newcomers like Uber and Lyft, as well as their traditional competitors, taxis and limos. By R Street's counting, Washington, D.C., has the freest transportation market in the country..\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wilmington\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=63984\">Uber likely coming to Wilmington early next year\u003c/a> (WDEL)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>An alternative to catching a cab may be coming to Wilmington. \"Sometimes, there's a long time and difficult time to get cabs here. I've heard those complaints over and over again.\" That's why Mayor Williams wants ridesharing service Uber to hit the streets of Wilmington. He tells WDEL he began discussions with the San Francisco-based service a few weeks ago.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n",
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Chattanooga Police Officer Charles Topping said the city has not talked with anyone from Uber, although the city attorney's office is still studying whether the ride-sharing program by Uber would be governed by the transportation authority.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cincinnati\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/11/11/cvg-bans-uber-lyft/18863927/\">Uber, Lyft must have permit at airport\u003c/a> (Cincinnati Enquirer)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber and Lyft have never been allowed to pick-up customers at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport – and now signs have been posted around the terminal informing fliers about the rule. CVG officials released a statement Tuesday about the ban on the popular ride-sharing companies, just hours after someone posted a photo of a sign on the social media site Reddit.com.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Houston\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/City-to-allow-ride-share-operators-at-Houston-5888089.php\">City to allow ride-share operators at Houston airports\u003c/a> (Houston Chronicle)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>App-based ride service companies such as Uber will be allowed to pick up passengers at Houston airports under rules City Council approved Wednesday. The Houston rules are similar to those in Nashville, Tenn., requiring the app-based companies to build a virtual fence, get airport-specific permits and pay set fees for rides originating from Houston Airport System facilities. The companies will be responsible for the same fees taxi drivers are currently charged - $2.75 at Bush Intercontinental and $1.25 at Hobby per departing ride.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Las Vegas\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.jrn.com/ktnv/news/Las-Vegas-cab-drivers-protest-Uber-282526751.html\">Las Vegas cab drivers protest Uber\u003c/a> (ABC 13 Las Vegas)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Just days before Uber heads back to court to fight to stay in Las Vegas, local taxicab drivers protested on the Las Vegas Strip. Dozens of cab drivers filed in a single line in the center lane of Las Vegas Boulevard on Wednesday evening. They want Uber to follow the same industry regulations they do.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Madison\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-hall/committee-recommends-tight-regulation-of-ride-sharing-companies-uber-lyft/article_1b171ae6-5fe1-5346-ac61-dc4ed9255c76.html\">Committee recommends tight regulation of ride-sharing companies Uber, Lyft\u003c/a> (Wisconsin State Journal)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Uber and Lyft would face high insurance requirements, have to operate around the clock and be barred from using “surge” pricing during peak demand times if Madison City Council members regulate them the way a city subcommittee recommended Tuesday. One taxi official applauded the recommendations, saying they amounted to a good start in regulating ride-sharing companies, but the companies were far more critical.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New York\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/johanabhuiyan/exclusive-ny-attorney-general-comes-out-against-rules-that-w\">NY Attorney General Comes Out Against Rules That Would Limit Uber And Lyft\u003c/a> (BuzzFeed)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In a letter last Friday to the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) obtained by BuzzFeed News, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman took a formal stand against a proposed rule that would largely limit the way app-based car services like Uber and Lyft operate in New York. Schneiderman wrote that the proposed rules, as written, would unfairly limit competition. “From a competitive standpoint, these advances may lower the costs of entry for new for-hire vehicle services and encourage existing services to compete more effectively for both drivers and passengers.” The proposed ruling — which would prevent a base from dispatching a driver that was affiliated with another base (unless there was a formal agreement between the two bases) — would effectively limit Lyft’s supply of drivers to the 10 that are affiliated with the company’s base in New York. The one way around this is if other bases agree to allow their drivers to also drive for Lyft.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Philadelphia\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.philly.com/philly/business/transportation/20141114_PUC_approves_Uber_for_state__not_Philadelphia.html\">PUC approves UberX for state, not Philadelphia\u003c/a> (Philadelphia Inquirer)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>UberX, the controversial ride-sharing service, won approval Thursday to operate in most of Pennsylvania, but not in Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission, which regulates taxi and limousine service in every county except Philadelphia, overruled its staff in a split decision, deciding that UberX can operate statewide for two years, if it meets requirements for auto insurance, driver background checks, and financial reporting. However, the order does not apply to Philadelphia, where the Philadelphia Parking Authority regulates taxi service. The PPA has been aggressively opposing UberX service, in which riders electronically summon private drivers in their personal cars.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pittsburgh\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.post-gazette.com/business/2014/11/13/Uber-gets-license-approval-from-Pennsylvania-PUC/stories/201411130305\">PUC grants Uber license to operate experimental service\u003c/a> (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Despite a recommendation from two administrative law judges that ride sharing company Uber be denied approval to operate in Allegheny County, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission today granted the San Francisco-based ride sharing company a two-year experimental license. The commissioners also granted Uber a similar license to operate in other parts of Pennsylvania, excluding Philadelphia. The vote was 4-1 with vice chairman John Coleman dissenting.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Portland\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.opb.org/news/article/uber-launches-in-portland-suburbs-but-not-portland/\">Uber Launches in Portland Suburbs, But Not Portland\u003c/a> (OPB)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The rideshare app Uber announced today it is launching in four cities in the Portland metro area. They are Tigard, Hillsboro, Gresham, and Beaverton. ... Portland currently bans non-taxi ride services like Uber. But the City’s Department of Transportation says it is overhauling its taxi rules and regulations, and might consider ridesharing services in the future.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Antonio\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sacurrent.com/Blogs/archives/2014/11/10/uber-and-lyft-are-on-the-public-safety-committee-agenda-again\" target=\"_blank\">Council to discuss new rules for Uber, Lyft\u003c/a> (KSAT San Antonio)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The San Antonio City Council’s Public Safety Committee voted Wednesday to send a host of policy recommendations to the entire City Council for discussion.The issue will be heard by the entire council on Dec. 3. The recommendations would amend Chapter 33 of the city’s code, which governs the local vehicle-for-hire industry. Despite multiple cease-and-desist orders, drivers for transportation companies such as Uber and Lyft continue to operate in San Antonio illegally. So far, seven drivers have received citations and several cars have been impounded.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>St. Louis\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/blog/biznext/2014/11/one-month-in-uber-ready-to-launch-uberx-in-st.html\">One month in, Uber ready to launch UberX in St. Louis\u003c/a> (St. Louis)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Now operational in St. Louis for just more than a month, Uber officials said reception to its Uber Black service has been positive. Furthermore, Uber Associate General Manager Sagar Shah said the company is ready to start talking about bringing its UberX service to town.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Washington D.C.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/11/12/free-market-advocates-say-d-c-is-the-uber-friendliest-city-in-the-nation/\">Free market advocates say D.C. is the Uber-friendliest city in the nation\u003c/a> (Wonkblog)\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Cities have responded to new transportation providers like Uber and Lyft in wildly differing ways, with open arms, or cease-and-desist letters, preemptive bans or legal blessings. If you're someone who travels a lot (or a lobbyist charged with navigating all these places), it's a little hard to keep track of who's in favor of these companies and who's not. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Bay Area Toll Authority has voted to embark on a $10 million study that will tackle the engineering and financial challenges of building a path across the western span of the Bay Bridge, which would some day allow people to bike and walk across the entire span from Oakland to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It allows us to enter into this contract to move this idea from concept to a proposal,\" said John Goodwin, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea has been talked about for more than 15 years but has picked up substantial momentum since the opening last year of a popular \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/04/how-to-get-to-the-new-bay-bridge-bike-path/\">biking and walking path on the bridge's new eastern span\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A\u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/2011/12/14/engineers-unveil-designs-for-bikeped-path-on-bay-bridge-west-span/\"> 2011 study\u003c/a> found that building a 2-mile cantilevered path on both sides of the bridge from Yerba Buena Island to San Francisco would cost somewhere between $400 million and $500 million, which transportation officials say isn't realistic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study by \u003ca href=\"http://www.arup.com/\">Arup\u003c/a> will propose several designs that Goodwin said would be less expensive ideas \"than have been explored on a rudimentary level in the past.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bike advocates applauded the move as a big step.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[It] shows that the Bay Area Toll Authority is going to find a way to make it happen,\" said Dave Campbell, policy director for \u003ca href=\"https://bikeeastbay.org/\">Bike East Bay\u003c/a>. \"Oftentimes either the cost is too much or the engineering challenge is too great, and the facility doesn't get built because it’s not a priority. But this is a priority.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The engineering challenges aren't just on the bridge itself, said Goodwin, but on\u003ca href=\"http://www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/bay_bridge/west_span_bike_ped/Presentation_12-13-11.pdf\"> designing the touchdowns\u003c/a> on Yerba Buena Island and San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campbell said the MTC brought together some respected bridge designers earlier this year, and the consensus was that a path doesn't need to be built on both sides of the bridge to keep it balanced, which would shave off the costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new study is expected to take about a year, but Goodwin stresses a path could still be a decade way. Also, the funding hasn't been identified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, bike advocates remained optimistic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\" 'It’s going to happen in our lifetimes' is my mantra here,\" said Campbell. \"We built a path from Oakland to the island. It makes no sense to have a bike path halfway to San Francisco. Everybody realizes that.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>We have been \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/09/17/2014/taxi_rides_san_francisco\" target=\"_blank\">covering \u003c/a> the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">woes\u003c/a> of the San Francisco taxi industry for some time now, and here's another one for you: \u003ca href=\"http://www.greencabsf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">SF Green Cab\u003c/a>, a small worker-owned taxi cooperative founded in 2007, has stopped operating and could be out of business for good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green Cab pulled its 16 cabs off the street late Thursday night just before the midnight expiration of its insurance, says Mark Gruberg, a member of the company's board and one of its founders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gruberg said the company's insurer, Onyx, based in San Francisco, did not renew because of two costly Green Cab accidents in the last four years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Louis Rovens, CEO and president of Onyx, said SF Green Cab had a \"tremendous loss ratio, \" meaning more money was paid out in claims than taken in via premiums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When SF Green Cab shopped for alternatives, it found the market had narrowed considerably, Gruberg said, because the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency had disqualified a number of insurers, including Onyx, due to newly enforced ratings requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some companies were writing taxi insurance that the city turned around and said, 'You can’t do that anymore, you don’t meet our criteria,' \" Gruberg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rovens said he insures three other cab companies in San Francisco: DeSoto, Metro, and National. But he says the SFMTA is now requiring any new policies or renewals to be written by insurers who are graded by A.M. Best, a ratings company. Onyx is rated by a different firm, and Rovens says it would be expensive to get the additional assessment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have a phone call and an email out to the SFMTA now, and we'll update the post if and when we get a response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green Cab has about 70 drivers on its roster, including many who work part time and occasionally. There is an industrywide shortage of drivers due to competition from ride services like UberX and Lyft, so some Green Cab drivers have been quickly able to find work with other outfits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green Cab, however, is known in the industry for its progressive policies, such as a prohibition on dispatchers or other workers in the office \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/11/taxi-drivers-and-whos-taking-money-out-of-their-pockets\" target=\"_blank\">taking tips from drivers\u003c/a>, a practice that is illegal in San Francisco but is widely ignored by some firms. Green Cab drivers are also not charged rent on a taxi should they become sick and unable to drive during a scheduled shift, another industry practice that some drivers find onerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://missionlocal.org/2014/11/sf-green-cab-on-the-edge-of-collapse/\" target=\"_blank\">Mission Local\u003c/a> talked to one Green Cab driver, Rico Camacho, 58, who \"reluctantly moved\" to another taxi company after four years with SF Green Cab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All the drivers don’t want to be with anyone else,” he said. “They were a very principled company.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now the clock is ticking, says Gruberg, as vehicle loans, rent on the cab lot and payment to medallion holders come due and no income comes in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I can say that I doubt we can get past the end of this month and still exist if something doesn't happen, and that is probably stretching it a ways,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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