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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>Little did we know, when we were making our \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/02/10/taxi-vs-lyft-come-along-for-the-ride-video\" target=\"_blank\">video\u003c/a> comparing the experiences of a taxi driver and a Lyft driver, that the taxi representative was busy making his own hour-and-a-half documentary on the same topic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Han, who has been driving a cab in San Francisco for over 13 years, posted the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpcJlw4CpPc\" target=\"_blank\">video\u003c/a>, called “Driving for Hire,” on YouTube Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/wpcJlw4CpPc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a deep dive into the multiplicity of issues that have surrounded the contentious battle in California (and much of the rest of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/cities\" target=\"_blank\">world\u003c/a>) between the cab industry and ride-service firms Uber and Lyft over the past several years: insurance, wages, wheelchair access and something that hasn’t gotten a lot of attention -- the environmental cost of putting all those extra vehicles on the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while you may not be surprised to find that a cab driver advocates, ultimately, for more regulation of the ride services (and interviews attorney Christopher Dolan, a well-known critic of the transportation network companies, who is suing Uber), he doesn’t spare taxi companies their share of the blame for the poor service that allowed the upstart industry to emerge and eat their lunch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The documentary also addresses a longtime complaint of many cab drivers, and an issue we have \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/11/taxi-drivers-and-whos-taking-money-out-of-their-pockets\" target=\"_blank\">covered\u003c/a> in the past: the illegal custom, which some drivers say is obligatory at some companies, of “tipping” taxi dispatchers in order to be assigned a cab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the more interesting segments, starting around 4:15, looks at the history of the relationship between San Francisco cab companies and drivers. Han talks to several drivers who toiled at the wheel in the 1970s, when drivers were employees and not just independent contractors for taxi outfits. Back then, the companies made them wear ties and slacks and banned facial hair, but drivers also enjoyed paid sick and vacation time and other benefits that are unheard of in the industry today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Han did not talk to Uber or Lyft, but he says he did email Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, asking for an interview. Han says he never got a response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took Han about 10 months to complete “Driving for Hire.” His only experience working in video consisted of taking a crash course on the subject, and I asked him why he made the documentary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt some issues weren’t being looked at enough and addressed enough,” he said. “I wanted to emphasize some things, particularly around the disability issue. And it doesn’t seem like anyone on the regulatory or legislative side is in any hurry to determine the environmental impacts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the San Francisco cab industry these days, Han said he thinks it’s going to be a “good, prosperous” year, although he says some of his fellow drivers beg to differ.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every time I tell them my business hasn’t been affected too badly, they say I’m one of the few.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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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": "\u003cp>Here's our \"day in the life\" video comparing the experiences of driving a taxi and driving for Lyft. You'll see that the drivers comment on many of the issues in the ongoing \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">battle between taxis and ride services\u003c/a>: the loss of business for the taxis, the lack of insurance for the ride-service drivers, and how Lyft and Uber have been able to exploit the weaknesses of the taxi industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the many interesting things about covering this story for a couple of years now is seeing the evolution of attitudes on the part of those on the front lines of the conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be sure, many cab drivers still despise Uber/Lyft and the part-time workers who have scooped up a substantial portion of their customers by driving their own vehicles, no less. 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(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/rideshare1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/rideshare1-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/rideshare1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking back through one of the sideview mirrors on John Han's taxicab. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But over the past year, many who used to drive taxis have been jumping ship to the upstart companies, leaving their former employers struggling to fill shifts. Obviously, many think they'll get a better deal working on their own. 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Good pay -- $25-40 per hour -- plus a cherished ability to literally work whenever they want with absolutely no notice required.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Troubles Mount for TNCs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eighteen months later, while the honeymoon may not be completely over, it’s at least on the return flight home where they're skimping on the peanuts. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/02/122446/\" target=\"_blank\">Fatal accidents\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/who-pays-when-ride-share-driver-crashes\" target=\"_blank\">insurance gaps\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-30/uber-drivers-may-have-employee-status-judge-says\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuits\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/battery/uber-driver-arrested-for-groping-passenger-897561\" target=\"_blank\">criminal incidents\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/13/as-regulatory-battles-continue-uber-and-lyft-win-some-lose-some\" target=\"_blank\">regulatory hassles\u003c/a> and an influx of drivers leading to \u003ca href=\"http://www.vox.com/2014/12/17/7402311/lyft-driver-pay\" target=\"_blank\">diminished pay\u003c/a>, not to mention the grind of driving hour upon hour day after day, have -- as some cab drivers had predicted would happen -- combed a few hairs out of the famous pink mustache.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10426091\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/john_cab.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10426091\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/john_cab-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"John Han has been a cab driver in San Francisco for 13 years. 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"content": "\u003cp>The California Department of Motor Vehicles sent out a retraction Friday night of a \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/253515604/DMV-memo-on-commercial-plates\" target=\"_blank\">memo it had issued\u003c/a> earlier this month that vehicles even occasionally used for commercial purposes -- like those driven for ride services such as Lyft and UberX -- would need to be registered as commercial vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That announcement had drawn a flurry of press coverage since it was first \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensinger/ubers-auto-registration-gambit#.ot9qKw9RW\" target=\"_blank\">reported by BuzzFeed\u003c/a>. Switching registration of a personal vehicle to that of a commercial vehicle would add another layer of bureaucracy to signing up for ride-service work and potentially dissuade drivers from joining up. (You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/wcm/connect/dd5e68f8-018a-4cb4-9d2b-eb75996e0f1a/reg590.pdf?MOD=AJPERES\" target=\"_blank\">see the necessary DMV form here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BuzzFeed even called the requirement an \"existential threat\" to the ride-service industry, noting: \"For drivers to switch their registrations to comply with California law, they would have to pay to make the conversion to commercial status, and shell out for higher annual registration fees. In addition, commercial vehicles generally require commercial insurance, which costs as much as 10 times more than standard personal coverage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the announcement from the DMV tonight, switching course from its earlier position:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California DMV Director Jean Shiomoto this evening retracted Vehicle Industry News alert VIN 2015-01, which affected ride share operators for companies such as Uber, Lyft and Sidecar and issued the following statement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our responsibility is to notify the public of existing state law. In response to inquiries, the department issued an alert earlier this month that reflected the definition of a commercial vehicle under a 1935 law. However, there remains uncertainty about the interaction and effect of this law governing vehicle registration requirements with the more recent regulatory and statutory changes affecting ride share operators. We jumped the gun, and we shouldn’t have. The matter requires further review and analysis which the department is undertaking immediately.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the coming days, the DMV will be meeting with regulators and industry to continue working through this issue. Pending this further review, Vehicle Industry News alert VIN 2015-1, which affected ride share operators, is hereby revoked including any reference to the requirement of a commercial plate.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The California Public Utilities Commission officially sanctioned ride services in 2013, creating a new category of vehicle-for-hire services called transportation network companies, which are now licensed by the CPUC under a set of regulations addressing safety, training, insurance coverage and other requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, legislation was passed last year by the California Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown that stiffened TNC insurance requirements and called on the insurance industry to create a new form of coverage specifically for TNC work. Neither the CPUC regulations nor the new law stipulated TNC vehicles must be registered as commercial vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I spoke to the DMV earlier today, before the retraction, a spokesman said that stipulation was already on the books, since -- as stated above -- 1935. The DMV said it was merely issuing a clarification for the benefit of an increasing number of drivers and auto dealers who had been confused about the issue. A spokesman for the California Highway Patrol confirmed the commercial registration requirement but said it was impossible to determine if it had ever been enforced because CHP does not track citations for different types of registration violations, but rather lumps them all together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adding fuel to the fire yesterday, Assembly Republican Leader Kristin Olsen (R-Modesto) and Assemblywoman Ling Ling Chang (R-Diamond Bar) \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2015/01/assembly-gop-dmv-uber-commercial-license-plate.html\" target=\"_blank\">threatened\u003c/a> in a letter to the DMV and the CPUC to introduce legislation to amend the law unless the department exempted ride-service drivers from the commercial registration requirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Jan. 26:\u003c/strong> We put in a request to the CPUC for its take on this issue. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The California Department of Motor Vehicles sent out a retraction Friday night of a \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/253515604/DMV-memo-on-commercial-plates\" target=\"_blank\">memo it had issued\u003c/a> earlier this month that vehicles even occasionally used for commercial purposes -- like those driven for ride services such as Lyft and UberX -- would need to be registered as commercial vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That announcement had drawn a flurry of press coverage since it was first \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensinger/ubers-auto-registration-gambit#.ot9qKw9RW\" target=\"_blank\">reported by BuzzFeed\u003c/a>. Switching registration of a personal vehicle to that of a commercial vehicle would add another layer of bureaucracy to signing up for ride-service work and potentially dissuade drivers from joining up. (You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/wcm/connect/dd5e68f8-018a-4cb4-9d2b-eb75996e0f1a/reg590.pdf?MOD=AJPERES\" target=\"_blank\">see the necessary DMV form here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BuzzFeed even called the requirement an \"existential threat\" to the ride-service industry, noting: \"For drivers to switch their registrations to comply with California law, they would have to pay to make the conversion to commercial status, and shell out for higher annual registration fees. In addition, commercial vehicles generally require commercial insurance, which costs as much as 10 times more than standard personal coverage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the announcement from the DMV tonight, switching course from its earlier position:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California DMV Director Jean Shiomoto this evening retracted Vehicle Industry News alert VIN 2015-01, which affected ride share operators for companies such as Uber, Lyft and Sidecar and issued the following statement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our responsibility is to notify the public of existing state law. In response to inquiries, the department issued an alert earlier this month that reflected the definition of a commercial vehicle under a 1935 law. However, there remains uncertainty about the interaction and effect of this law governing vehicle registration requirements with the more recent regulatory and statutory changes affecting ride share operators. We jumped the gun, and we shouldn’t have. The matter requires further review and analysis which the department is undertaking immediately.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the coming days, the DMV will be meeting with regulators and industry to continue working through this issue. Pending this further review, Vehicle Industry News alert VIN 2015-1, which affected ride share operators, is hereby revoked including any reference to the requirement of a commercial plate.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The California Public Utilities Commission officially sanctioned ride services in 2013, creating a new category of vehicle-for-hire services called transportation network companies, which are now licensed by the CPUC under a set of regulations addressing safety, training, insurance coverage and other requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>There's a battle for riders in San Francisco between the taxi industry and ride-service companies like Uber and Lyft, and it's heating up in time for New Year's Eve, expected to be one of the busiest nights of the year for the warring vehicle-for-hire industries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last few years, a growing number of people are choosing ride-service companies over taxis. A \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/09/17/2014/taxi_rides_san_francisco\" target=\"_blank\">report from San Francisco taxi officials\u003c/a> this fall showed taxi rides in the city are down by more than 60 percent over the last year, and many taxi drivers blame ride-service companies for the decline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber and Lyft are expected to charge higher-than-normal prices New Year's Eve as part of a practice called surge pricing, when passengers can pay several times the amount of a usual ride when demand outstrips supply. The ride services say this encourages extra drivers to hit the streets. In fact, Uber announced on Tuesday that an average ride at 2 a.m. could be more than $100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>P\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/magazine/is-ubers-surge-pricing-an-example-of-high-tech-gouging.html\" target=\"_blank\">eople don't always like the final cost\u003c/a> of an Uber ride incurred during surge pricing. This New Year's Eve, taxis are hoping to grab those disgruntled customers with discounted or free rides. Flywheel, an app for hailing taxis, is offering a $10 flat rate for rides booked on the app between 8 p.m. and 3 a.m. Rides more than $50 will be charged the metered balance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flywheel CFO Oneal Bhambani calls his app a bet on the taxi industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People will come back to Flywheel not for the $10 rides, they'll come back to Flywheel: a) because it's safe, b) it's always there, at 5 p.m. when you're coming home from work it's available, it's availabe during times of low demand and it's available at a predictable price,\" Bhambani says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Gillespie is the president and general manager of Yellow Cab, one of the largest taxi companies in San Francisco. He says hundreds of his drivers use Flywheel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it's a great move just to go to the public and say surge pricing isn't a necessity, and we're here to serve the public without gouging them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gillespie also says companies like his need to change to keep up with Uber and Lyft, so he's focusing more on customer service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have a project where we've been doing things to do extra service to maintain our taxis, whether it be through cleaning them, replacing the seats, (the) kind of stuff that we've always done. But we've really stepped it up to make sure that we're providing a good product to the riding public.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also says they're working to improve service to the outer edges of the city, although he says the bigger problem with that is too few taxis on the road, a common complaint among cab companies, which make their money from renting cabs to drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An even better deal for some cab passengers: Luxor is offering free rides anywhere within San Francisco on New Year's Eve courtesy of a personal injury firm, as long as the ride is booked through its dispatcher and you are picked up from a restaurant, hotel or bar downtown. Luxor's dispatch number is (415) 282-4141.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Uber and Lyft will donate a percentage of their New Year's Eve profits to Mothers Against Drunk Driving.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>I worked in the so-called sharing economy for about a year, driving for the ride company Lyft. I was doing it to make \u003ca href=\"http://drivingwithstrangers.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a podcast\u003c/a>, and it was a convenient vehicle for that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But I had concerns. It seemed like the income kept falling and would keep falling if no one regulated the number of drivers. I was unsure about insurance coverage. Most of all, I felt like driving for Lyft was taking money out of the pockets of cab drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Current Lyft driver Dan Carrigan has some of the same concerns. He says he does not feel like his interests as an individual are a priority for the company, nor does he feel protected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can only trust a process to a certain extent,” Carrigan says. “Nobody is taking care of you in this business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As someone with aspirations to be self-employed — an entrepreneur of some kind — Carrigan is drawn to the sharing economy. There seem to be all kinds of possibilities for people, like running errands on TaskRabbit, providing services through Fiverr, or cleaning houses for Handy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carrigan started by trying to rent out his apartment on Airbnb, but he stopped because he was worried about getting evicted. So now he is driving for Lyft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2019/01/HarnettSharingEcoStruggles2014.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carrigan says he drives to pay his bills. He was laid off from his previous job and wanted flexibility while he figured out what to do next. At first it seemed great, and he thought he could do it for a few years. But now he says he has realized there is not enough stability because as a driver he is replaceable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re part of a pool, you are really part of a pool,” Carrigan says, “so if suddenly companies could pay much less to drivers, and there were still drivers willing to drive for that rate, they would. And the rates are going lower and lower and lower.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lyft Says It’s Listening\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft says it listens to drivers, and that it has recently improved the tipping system. In the summer, Lyft let drivers keep all their earnings. But now it takes a 20 percent commission on each fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft representative Katie Dally told KQED via email:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lyft’s commission is 20 percent of each trip cost — and drivers keep 100 percent of tips from passengers. Lyft is also the only ridesharing platform to offer drivers an opportunity to earn a percentage of their weekly earnings as a bonus. The more drivers drive, the more they can earn, up to 20 percent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, if they drive enough, they earn back the commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carrigan says he makes between $25 and $31 an hour, and that is before insurance, gas, taxes and car upkeep. It is less than I made a year ago, and Carrigan says the income continues to fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10382936\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS13765_Dan-Carrigan.JPG.jpg-alt_209.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10382936\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS13765_Dan-Carrigan.JPG.jpg-alt_209-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Carrigan drives for Lyft to help pay the bills. (Sam Harnett/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS13765_Dan-Carrigan.JPG.jpg-alt_209-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS13765_Dan-Carrigan.JPG.jpg-alt_209-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS13765_Dan-Carrigan.JPG.jpg-alt_209.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Carrigan drives for Lyft to help pay the bills. (Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As for earning the bonuses for logging more hours, Carrigan says that makes it more like a regular job, which is not what he signed up for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be nice to know that I could do this for a while without it changing,” Carrigan says, “but the way things are now, I’m looking for work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Union Organizing Begins\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles, some drivers for Lyft’s competitor, Uber, are trying to organize a union so they can achieve more stability and a stronger voice within the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A local chapter of the Teamsters union is giving them support and advice. Teamsters spokesman Galen Munroe says that when it comes down to it, this is just the same old story — companies using part-time workers to cut costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These companies “don’t want the responsibilities or the costs associated with direct employees,” Munroe says, “and to a certain degree we feel that this is misclassification.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a fine line between contract worker and employee, and it is causing trouble for these new gig sites. Uber faces \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/250503465/O-Connor-Et-Al-v-Uber-Technologies-Inc-Et-Al-11-12-14-Amended-Complaint\">lawsuits\u003c/a>, as does \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Handy-com-housecleaners-lawsuit-could-rock-5891672.php\">Handy\u003c/a>. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/250504957/O-Connor-Et-Al-v-Uber-Technologies-Inc-Et-Al-11-25-14-Defendant-s-Answer-to-Amended-Complaint\">claims\u003c/a> are that they control workers like employees, but do not give them benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is the dark side of these companies, says Gerald Friedman, economics professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Friedman adds that by cleverly branding this work as the sharing economy, these tech companies are normalizing what is really unprotected, deregulated contract labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friedman says these tech platforms are “used to deny workers protections that we established in the New Deal era to protect people against unemployment, health crisis and to protect people’s work safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way the gigs on these sites are pitched, Friedman says, sounds kind of like the worker utopia described by Karl Marx, where one could hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, and do criticism in the evening, without having to become a hunter, a fisherman or a critic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That kind of flexibility is desirable, he says, but in our modern capitalist society such gig work brings a harsh reality of less protection and more instability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To that charge, Lyft makes the case that its workers can purchase health insurance on their own now, with the Affordable Care Act. And the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Lyft-plays-Whac-a-Mole-with-regulators-nationwide-5958762.php\">company says\u003c/a> drivers work for them precisely because they don’t want an employer, or because they already have one and just want to make money on the side. The point here is the freedom that Lyft provides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Impacts on Taxi Drivers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\">Of course what may be freedom for the ride-service drivers has impacts on others,\u003c/a> such as San Francisco cabbie Harbir Batth. He says taxi drivers in this city used to have the kind of gig advertised by these tech companies: flexible decent pay, plus even some protection and stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We never had a union. It is kind of a self-employed industry,” Batth says. “Everybody is divided. It’s a cash business, you know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now Batth says these new, less regulated companies are stealing his business and killing his profession. So, like those Uber drivers in L.A., Batth and others are unionizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you have done something for 25 or 30 years, you are old,” he says, “you have no other option. You can’t look for a change of career.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Batth has been driving a cab for 22 years, and in 2012, he finally got his dream: a medallion. It allows him to rent a cab to another person, so he can make income without having to drive. It cost $250,000, he says, and Batth borrowed money to make the down payment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought I will retire after 10 years or so,” Batth says, “I thought I could pay off the loan and have a little income to live off of. But now it’s all down the drain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Batth says he would sell the medallion if he could, but now nobody wants to buy one. With a child headed to college and another in third grade, plus the loan payments for the medallion, Batth says he has no option but to keep driving — for less money.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>I worked in the so-called sharing economy for about a year, driving for the ride company Lyft. I was doing it to make \u003ca href=\"http://drivingwithstrangers.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a podcast\u003c/a>, and it was a convenient vehicle for that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But I had concerns. It seemed like the income kept falling and would keep falling if no one regulated the number of drivers. I was unsure about insurance coverage. Most of all, I felt like driving for Lyft was taking money out of the pockets of cab drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Current Lyft driver Dan Carrigan has some of the same concerns. He says he does not feel like his interests as an individual are a priority for the company, nor does he feel protected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can only trust a process to a certain extent,” Carrigan says. “Nobody is taking care of you in this business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As someone with aspirations to be self-employed — an entrepreneur of some kind — Carrigan is drawn to the sharing economy. There seem to be all kinds of possibilities for people, like running errands on TaskRabbit, providing services through Fiverr, or cleaning houses for Handy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carrigan started by trying to rent out his apartment on Airbnb, but he stopped because he was worried about getting evicted. So now he is driving for Lyft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2019/01/HarnettSharingEcoStruggles2014.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carrigan says he drives to pay his bills. He was laid off from his previous job and wanted flexibility while he figured out what to do next. At first it seemed great, and he thought he could do it for a few years. But now he says he has realized there is not enough stability because as a driver he is replaceable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re part of a pool, you are really part of a pool,” Carrigan says, “so if suddenly companies could pay much less to drivers, and there were still drivers willing to drive for that rate, they would. And the rates are going lower and lower and lower.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lyft Says It’s Listening\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft says it listens to drivers, and that it has recently improved the tipping system. In the summer, Lyft let drivers keep all their earnings. But now it takes a 20 percent commission on each fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft representative Katie Dally told KQED via email:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lyft’s commission is 20 percent of each trip cost — and drivers keep 100 percent of tips from passengers. Lyft is also the only ridesharing platform to offer drivers an opportunity to earn a percentage of their weekly earnings as a bonus. The more drivers drive, the more they can earn, up to 20 percent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, if they drive enough, they earn back the commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carrigan says he makes between $25 and $31 an hour, and that is before insurance, gas, taxes and car upkeep. It is less than I made a year ago, and Carrigan says the income continues to fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10382936\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS13765_Dan-Carrigan.JPG.jpg-alt_209.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10382936\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS13765_Dan-Carrigan.JPG.jpg-alt_209-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Carrigan drives for Lyft to help pay the bills. (Sam Harnett/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS13765_Dan-Carrigan.JPG.jpg-alt_209-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS13765_Dan-Carrigan.JPG.jpg-alt_209-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS13765_Dan-Carrigan.JPG.jpg-alt_209.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Carrigan drives for Lyft to help pay the bills. (Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As for earning the bonuses for logging more hours, Carrigan says that makes it more like a regular job, which is not what he signed up for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be nice to know that I could do this for a while without it changing,” Carrigan says, “but the way things are now, I’m looking for work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Union Organizing Begins\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles, some drivers for Lyft’s competitor, Uber, are trying to organize a union so they can achieve more stability and a stronger voice within the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A local chapter of the Teamsters union is giving them support and advice. Teamsters spokesman Galen Munroe says that when it comes down to it, this is just the same old story — companies using part-time workers to cut costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These companies “don’t want the responsibilities or the costs associated with direct employees,” Munroe says, “and to a certain degree we feel that this is misclassification.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a fine line between contract worker and employee, and it is causing trouble for these new gig sites. Uber faces \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/250503465/O-Connor-Et-Al-v-Uber-Technologies-Inc-Et-Al-11-12-14-Amended-Complaint\">lawsuits\u003c/a>, as does \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Handy-com-housecleaners-lawsuit-could-rock-5891672.php\">Handy\u003c/a>. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/250504957/O-Connor-Et-Al-v-Uber-Technologies-Inc-Et-Al-11-25-14-Defendant-s-Answer-to-Amended-Complaint\">claims\u003c/a> are that they control workers like employees, but do not give them benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is the dark side of these companies, says Gerald Friedman, economics professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Friedman adds that by cleverly branding this work as the sharing economy, these tech companies are normalizing what is really unprotected, deregulated contract labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friedman says these tech platforms are “used to deny workers protections that we established in the New Deal era to protect people against unemployment, health crisis and to protect people’s work safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way the gigs on these sites are pitched, Friedman says, sounds kind of like the worker utopia described by Karl Marx, where one could hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, and do criticism in the evening, without having to become a hunter, a fisherman or a critic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That kind of flexibility is desirable, he says, but in our modern capitalist society such gig work brings a harsh reality of less protection and more instability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To that charge, Lyft makes the case that its workers can purchase health insurance on their own now, with the Affordable Care Act. And the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Lyft-plays-Whac-a-Mole-with-regulators-nationwide-5958762.php\">company says\u003c/a> drivers work for them precisely because they don’t want an employer, or because they already have one and just want to make money on the side. The point here is the freedom that Lyft provides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Impacts on Taxi Drivers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\">Of course what may be freedom for the ride-service drivers has impacts on others,\u003c/a> such as San Francisco cabbie Harbir Batth. He says taxi drivers in this city used to have the kind of gig advertised by these tech companies: flexible decent pay, plus even some protection and stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We never had a union. It is kind of a self-employed industry,” Batth says. “Everybody is divided. 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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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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\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>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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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>And in non-election news today ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Over the weekend, a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Fatal-accident-tests-Lyft-s-1-million-5867623.php\" target=\"_blank\">passenger riding in a Lyft vehicle was killed\u003c/a> in a crash on Interstate 80, the first fatality connected to a vehicle driven by one of the company's drivers. An insurance industry group told the Chronicle the company's policy should cover the accident. Ride-service company insurance became a big issue after an UberX driver killed 6-year-old Sofia Liu on New Year's Eve last year. (\u003cstrong>SF Chronicle\u003c/strong>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A new USC Dornsife/LA Times poll shows \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2014/11/04/confirmed-californians-really-arent-that-worried-about-catching-ebola\" target=\"_blank\">Californians are taking a mellow approach\u003c/a> to the Ebola scare. Just 18 percent of those surveyed said they were \"somewhat worried\" and 12 percent said they were \"very worried.\" In other findings, 97 percent of those who had watched cable news within the last month had yet to remove the covers from over their heads. (Well, not really.) (\u003cstrong>SF Weekly\u003c/strong>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>HomeAway, a competitor of Airbnb, is not happy about the recently passed law regulating short-term rentals, and the company is expressing said unhappiness in the \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2014/11/03/homeaway-sues-sf-over-airbnb-law/\" target=\"_blank\">form of a lawsuit\u003c/a>. HomeAway has maintained that the law favors Airbnb because it requires renters to be permanent residents. Unlike Airbnb, most of HomeAway's listings are second homes owned by owners who don't live in the city year-round. The law also requires short-term rental sites to collect hotel tax, which HomeAway says it has no way of doing. Airbnb supports the law. (\u003cstrong>SF Chronicle\u003c/strong>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/police-make-arrest-of-chinese-national-in-blessing-scam/Content?oid=2911072\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese national has been arrested\u003c/a> and is awaiting extradition to San Francisco in connection with four so-called blessing scam incidents. Perpetrators of the scam exploit the superstitions of elderly Chinese by identifying them as suffering from an illness or curse. The fraud has been ongoing over the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/09/06/dozens-of-elderly-east-asian-women-defrauded-in-evil-spirits-scam\" target=\"_blank\">last several years\u003c/a>, and victims have lost thousands of dollars in cash and jewelry. (\u003cstrong>SF Examiner\u003c/strong>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In other news to make you feel like solving today's Sudoku puzzle maybe isn't such a big accomplishment after all, an eighth-grader who goes to school in San Jose is now the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26860580/13-year-old-entrepreneur-raises-vc-funding-braille\" target=\"_blank\">youngest tech entrepreneur to receive venture capital funding\u003c/a>, according to the \u003cstrong>San Jose Mercury News\u003c/strong>. Shubham Banerjee, 13, is the founder of Braigo Labs, which is trying to develop a low-cost Braille printer.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You know that World Wide Web thingie you're looking at right now? Its inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26844823/q-tim-berners-lee-professor-inventor-world-wide\" target=\"_blank\">answered a few questions\u003c/a> for the \u003cstrong>San Jose Mercury News\u003c/strong> recently. Responding to a query about the shift in computing to mobile, he said, \"It's not just the smartphone... People will be using ultra-high-resolution TVs as a Web browsing screen.\" He also said with the current web standard, HTML 5, the difference between running web content as an app or using its web version has become minor.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You probably don't care, but today's election \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/election/article3547884.html\" target=\"_blank\">might set a California record for apathy\u003c/a>.\u003cstrong> (Sacramento Bee)\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_118115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/lyft.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-118115\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/lyft.jpg\" alt=\"A car with a Lyft mustache in San Francisco.(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A car with a Lyft mustache in San Francisco.(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4 p.m. Friday:\u003c/strong> Lyft has issued a response to the injunction threat from the San Francisco and L.A. DAs:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Ridesharing has been enthusiastically embraced by California residents and we have worked closely with the California Public Utilities Commission over the past two years to secure a future for this innovative option throughout the state. We are confident that we can work with the District Attorneys' offices to address the items outlined in their letter and look forward to discussing with them soon to do so.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (Thursday): \u003c/strong>San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón and his counterpart in Los Angeles are threatening action against ride-service companies Uber, Lyft and Sidecar over alleged violations of state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter to San Francisco-based Sidecar (\u003ca href=\"#sidecarletter\">embedded below\u003c/a>), Gascón said an investigation conducted with L.A. County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has found the company has made misleading statements about its background checks on drivers and has illegally quoted individual fares for passengers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter promised legal action against the company unless it meets with prosecutors by Oct. 8 to discuss how it will remedy the alleged violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco District Attorney's office confirmed that letters had been hand-delivered to Uber, Lyft and Sidecar on Thursday, but declined to provide copies. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-L-A-threaten-Uber-Lyft-Sidecar-with-5781328.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle reported\u003c/a> that the DAs made similar allegations against all three companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft and Uber did not respond immediately to requests for comment on the DAs' action. Sidecar provided a copy of the letter it received, which says in part:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Sidecar Technologies Inc. has engaged, and continues to engage, in the following unlawful business practices:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Making misleading representations on Sidecar's website that lead consumers to believe the Sidecar's background check screens out drivers who have ever committed driving violations, DUI, sexual assault and other criminal offenses; and\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Calculating Sidecar's \"Shared Ride service fares on an individual-fare basis in violation of Public Utilities Code Section 5401.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Shared Rides service is a form of carpooling that all three of the major ride-service firms have rolled out in recent months. It gives customers the option of sharing rides, and payment, with other ride-service users on an impromptu basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Sidecar said, \"We strongly disagree with the assertion by San Francisco and Los Angeles County District Attorney Office's that connecting people for Sidecar Shared Rides is illegal. Shared Rides are great for California because they are safe and affordable, cut down on traffic congestion and reduce pollution. The District Attorneys are trying to enforce laws written for limousines, in an era before smartphones. Sidecar will continue to operate and expand Shared Rides.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company's statement did not address the allegations about its background check.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gascón also issued a statement, which argues the district attorneys are acting on behalf of ride-service customers: “We value innovation and new modes of providing service to the public; however we need to make sure that the safety and wellbeing of consumers are adequately protected in the process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"sidecarletter\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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(Here are \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/NR/rdonlyres/193E3DA4-D0FF-497A-8E26-EDAC1C1339FE/0/UberAccessibilityPlan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Uber's\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/NR/rdonlyres/B0398419-190C-4B4B-A89B-ED113E6CB9B5/0/LyftAccessibilityPlan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Lyft's\u003c/a>.) Updates on these plans are due on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toran said that in response to the severe decline in ridership, the city's taxi division is waiving certain fees, like the one for a driver application, and reducing others, like the fee for medallion renewal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toran did indicate one sign of progress for those who have been pushing the industry to modernize: Eighty percent of taxis in the city are now using Flywheel, an app-based hailing tool that is similar to those of the ride services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An alternative app, Curb, is used by 60 percent of cabs. The response time for taxis on Flywheel has been just 3.5 minutes, a significant development in light of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.uctc.net/research/papers/UCTC-FR-2014-08.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">recent paper from UC Berkeley\u003c/a> that found a \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhuet/2014/09/08/uber-lyft-cars-arrive-faster-than-taxis/\" target=\"_blank\">marked superiority in the time ride-service\u003c/a> vehicles responded to calls as opposed to taxis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The increased use of apps by the city's taxis wasn't good enough, though, for SFMTA board member Malcolm Heinicke. He wasn't happy that the rate of use wasn't 100 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Why aren't they all on one of those apps ... and why aren't we mandating that they all be on one of those or a similarly widespread app?\" he asked. \"We're in a situation of catch-up here. ... 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