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Its rapid growth has won the company more than $1 billion investment and a valuation reported at $40 billion to $50 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/210830052\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Labor Commission issued its decision earlier this month in the case of a San Francisco woman, Barbara Ann Berwick, who sued the company for back wages after driving for the service for about two months in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In awarding Berwick $4,000 in back wages and interest, a commission hearing officer essentially dismissed Uber's argument that it's merely a platform that allows passengers to connect with drivers -- a private transaction, the company says -- and that it exerts no control over drivers' hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hearing officer Stephanie Barrett wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Defendants hold themselves out as nothing more than a neutral technological platform, designed simply to engage drivers and passengers to transact the business of transportation. 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In addition, even though there is an absence of control over the details, an employee-employer relationship will be found if the [defendants] retain pervasive control over the operation as a whole, the worker's duties are an integral part of the operation, and the nature of the work makes detailed control unnecessary.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Reuters first reported the Labor Commission ruling and implied that it applied to all Uber drivers (for the record, so did our original post). That prompted the following statement from an Uber spokesperson:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Reuters’ original headline was not accurate. The California Labor Commission’s ruling is non-binding and applies to a single driver. Indeed it is contrary to a previous ruling by the same commission, which concluded in 2012 that the driver ‘performed services as an independent contractor, and not as a bona fide employee.’ Five other states have also come to the same conclusion. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Note: \u003c/strong>This post has been updated to clarify that a state agency's ruling applies immediately to just one Uber driver and to include a statement from the ride-service company. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Labor Commission has issued a ruling (\u003ca href=\"#ubervberwick\">embedded below\u003c/a>) declaring that a San Francisco woman who drove for Uber should be classified as an employee, not an independent contractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber is appealing the ruling, which, if extended to other drivers, could undercut its potential profits as it continues to expand worldwide. The ride-hailing service now operates in hundreds of cities in the United States and 56 other countries. Its rapid growth has won the company more than $1 billion investment and a valuation reported at $40 billion to $50 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/210830052&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/210830052'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Labor Commission issued its decision earlier this month in the case of a San Francisco woman, Barbara Ann Berwick, who sued the company for back wages after driving for the service for about two months in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In awarding Berwick $4,000 in back wages and interest, a commission hearing officer essentially dismissed Uber's argument that it's merely a platform that allows passengers to connect with drivers -- a private transaction, the company says -- and that it exerts no control over drivers' hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hearing officer Stephanie Barrett wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Defendants hold themselves out as nothing more than a neutral technological platform, designed simply to engage drivers and passengers to transact the business of transportation. The reality, however, is that defendants are involved in every aspect of the operation. Defendants vet prospective drivers, who must provide to defendants their personal banking and residence information, as well as their Social Security Number. Drivers cannot use defendants' application unless they pass defendants' background and DMV checks.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The ruling goes on to note that Uber:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Controls the tools its drivers use.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sets prices and cancellation fees for passengers and payments to drivers.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Provides the smartphone app that makes the ride-service work possible.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The ruling also contains a somewhat ironic note. It cites a California Court of Appeal ruling in comparing Uber, which has railed against the evils of the taxicab industry that it is replacing, to -- yes, traditional cab companies. The cited passage, from Yellow Cab Cooperative v. Workers Compensation Appeals Board, a 1991 case:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Although some of the factors in this case can be indicative of the workers being independent contractors, the overriding factor is that the persons performing the work are not engaged in occupations or businesses distinct from that of the [defendants]. Rather, their work is the basis for [defendants'] business. [Defendants] obtain the clients who are in need of delivery services and provides the workers who conduct the service on behalf of [defendants]. In addition, even though there is an absence of control over the details, an employee-employer relationship will be found if the [defendants] retain pervasive control over the operation as a whole, the worker's duties are an integral part of the operation, and the nature of the work makes detailed control unnecessary.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Reuters first reported the Labor Commission ruling and implied that it applied to all Uber drivers (for the record, so did our original post). That prompted the following statement from an Uber spokesperson:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Reuters’ original headline was not accurate. The California Labor Commission’s ruling is non-binding and applies to a single driver. Indeed it is contrary to a previous ruling by the same commission, which concluded in 2012 that the driver ‘performed services as an independent contractor, and not as a bona fide employee.’ Five other states have also come to the same conclusion. It’s important to remember that the number one reason drivers choose to use Uber is because they have complete flexibility and control. The majority of them can and do choose to earn their living from multiple sources, including other ride sharing companies.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Berwick case is just one of \u003ca href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-30/uber-drivers-may-have-employee-status-judge-says\" target=\"_blank\">a number of legal actions\u003c/a> launched against Uber and competitor Lyft (and \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/13/no-driver-lawsuits-wont-destroy-the-uber-for-x-business-model/\" target=\"_blank\">other \"on-demand economy\" startups\u003c/a>) over whether workers should be classified as independent contractor or employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"ubervberwick\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https://www.scribd.com/embeds/268947090/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"undefined\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_46266\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Uber, the San Francisco-based ride service known for \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/uber-vs-facebook-valuation-in-years-one-through-five-2015-6\" target=\"_blank\">its monstrous valuation\u003c/a>, its \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/05/26/ride-service-roundup-whats-happening-with-uber-and-lyft-around-the-u-s-and-the-world\" target=\"_blank\">myriad regulatory battles\u003c/a> and its recurring trouble with driver behavior, has ended its relationship with a New Jersey man who climbed into the back seat with a woman passenger and fondled himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The episode made the rounds Tuesday via \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/johnnyGigantic/videos/10153351482143130/\" target=\"_blank\">a video\u003c/a> posted on Facebook and elsewhere. Beware -- it's creepy, gross and graphic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's how NJ.com \u003ca href=\"http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/06/uber_fires_driver_allegedly_recorded_fondling_himself_next_to_female_passenger_report_says.html\" target=\"_blank\">summarizes the incident\u003c/a>, which reportedly took place after a trip from the Jersey shore town of Sea Isle City to nearby Avalon:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The video shows a middle-aged man rubbing his crotch over his pants as he tells the woman in a heavy accent, \"I love your body. My god, I love your body. Your body is beautiful.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The woman says to him, in slurred speech, \"I don't, I don't,\" though it's not clear from the video what she means.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man then tells her, \"No, you do, you do. Why you say you don't? You do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What do you want me to do?\" he says to her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't know,\" she says. \"(Inaudible) buggin' me out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man then gets out of the car as he tells her, \"Have a good night. Call me, alright?\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Uber's reaction?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an emailed statement, company spokesman Taylor Bennett said, \"The driver has been permanently removed from the Uber platform for his inappropriate behavior, and we have reached out to the rider to apologize for such an uncomfortable experience.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber says the driver was partnered with the company through its Uber Black platform. He was commercially licensed through the Philadelphia Parking Authority, which does a background check. Uber said it also did its own background check.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unknown is how the incident will affect the New Jersey Legislature's consideration of \u003ca href=\"http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/2015/05/17/can-legislation-halt-njs-uber-drivers/27394563/\">a bill\u003c/a> that would impose new regulations on the ride-service industry, including state-mandated background checks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber and its drivers have staged a campaign to derail the legislation, much as they did \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/09/02/2014/Uber_Lyft_California_insurance/\" target=\"_blank\">a California bill\u003c/a> that sought to impose new insurance requirements on ride services. That measure eventually passed and was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber has been forced to deal with allegations of assaults and harassment by drivers -- and complaints that its background checks are inadequate -- in cities from \u003ca href=\"http://abc7news.com/325011/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-uber-driver-india-sexual-assault-20141207-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">New Delhi, India\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors in Los Angeles and San Francisco \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-uber-lyft-20141209-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">sued Uber\u003c/a> last December, saying the company is guilty of misleading consumers about the thoroughness of its background checks. San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón called the company's system \"completely worthless.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Never mind the state regulations, the sky-high valuations and the fact that a character on a recent \"Veep\" mentioned catching an Uber. Maybe an indication that any concept has entered the fabric of mainstream American society is that you can get it insured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber Communications Director Eva Behrend didn't say that exactly, yesterday -- the first day that all transportation network company drivers in the state could purchase insurance for the commercial activities going on in their vehicles. But she hinted at broad acceptance of the ride-service model when she said, “We believe this is another way that people are recognizing that ride-sharing is part of California’s economy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new insurance is offered by Farmers as a supplement -- called an endorsement -- to drivers' personal auto policies, and it will cost an additional 8 percent of their premium. A smaller insurer, MetroMile, already offers \u003ca href=\"https://www.metromile.com/uber/\" target=\"_blank\">individual ride-service insurance\u003c/a>, but it's exclusive to Uber drivers. That insurance costs a base rate plus a per-mile charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now drivers for Lyft, Sidecar or any other TNC can buy insurance to cover what various stakeholders call Period 1. That's the interval of time that drivers have their app open and are available to be matched with a customer, but have yet to accept the fare. An insurance gap during this interval came to light after the death of 6-year-old Sofia Liu, who was hit by an UberX driver on New Year's Eve, 2013. Uber said its $1 million insurance policy, required by the state, did not cover the accident because the driver was not on his way to or transporting a passenger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, California has \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/09/02/2014/Uber_Lyft_California_insurance/\" target=\"_blank\">enacted AB2293\u003c/a>, which goes into effect July 1 and requires all ride-service companies to offer liability insurance for Period 1 of at least $50,000 per individual and $100,000 total per incident for bodily injury, and $30,000 for property damage. An additional $200,000 in excess coverage is also required. Behrend of Uber, by far the largest TNC (it claims 20,000 drivers in the Bay Area alone) says the company is on schedule to meet all those requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But drivers have been incurring all sorts of risks when they use their personal vehicles for TNC work. During Period 1, Uber and Lyft do not offer collision (coverage for when the policyholder is at fault), comprehensive (for fire, theft and other damage), underinsured motorist coverage or medical payments. (They also do not offer those coverages for the succeeding periods, unless drivers carry them on their personal policies).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones thinks that's a problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Liability coverage (offered by Lyft and Uber) doesn’t include coverage for repair of your vehicle, damage to your vehicle which may occur outside of an accident, for medical costs you might incur if you’re injured … nor does it include uninsured and underinsured coverage, where even if the other person is at fault and they don’t have insurance, then you'll have recourse to nothing. All those are not required by law.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, while earlier versions of regulations proposed by the California Public Utilities Commission did require TNCs to offer those additional coverages, the only option now for drivers who want the full boat of insurance is to buy it from an insurer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re encouraging other insurers to file policies with us,\" Jones said. \"We’d like to see more products offered.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More Details on Farmers Policy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers' head of innovation, Mariel Devesa, explained to me Thursday what you can and cannot do regarding its new ride-service product.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>If your personal auto insurance is with another company, you'll have to switch to Farmers. The product is not a stand-alone TNC policy, but a hybrid personal-commercial product.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You can't mix and match coverage amounts for personal time in your car and your time doing TNC work. The policy add-on will be a straight extension of your existing personal policy with Farmers. So, for example, if you are covered for $30,000 in comprehensive and $30,000 in collision on your personal policy, you can't up those amounts for your TNC add-on, even if you think the risk is greater during that period. You can, however, increase the amount on your underlying personal policy, which will then carry over into your TNC work.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Likewise, you can't carry one category of coverage on your personal policy and another on the ride-service endorsement, and vice versa. If you have collision and underinsured motorist, for example, on your personal policy, that's what you must carry for the TNC portion.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Devesa said Farmers structured it this way so the policy's transition from personal to commercial insurance would be as seamless as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Coming out of the Insurance Shadows? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the things we've heard over and over again from TNC drivers is that they have not informed their insurance company of what they do, for \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/can-lyft-uberx-drivers-lose-their-insurance\" target=\"_blank\">fear of losing their personal coverage\u003c/a>. 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All those are not required by law.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, while earlier versions of regulations proposed by the California Public Utilities Commission did require TNCs to offer those additional coverages, the only option now for drivers who want the full boat of insurance is to buy it from an insurer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re encouraging other insurers to file policies with us,\" Jones said. \"We’d like to see more products offered.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More Details on Farmers Policy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers' head of innovation, Mariel Devesa, explained to me Thursday what you can and cannot do regarding its new ride-service product.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>If your personal auto insurance is with another company, you'll have to switch to Farmers. The product is not a stand-alone TNC policy, but a hybrid personal-commercial product.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You can't mix and match coverage amounts for personal time in your car and your time doing TNC work. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco Treasurer and Tax Collector Jose Cisneros today reminded independent contractors, including drivers for ride-services such as Uber and Lyft, that they are required by law to register their business with the city by Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the San Francisco Taxi Workers Alliance, however, say that independent contractors driving for ride-services are not registering or annually renewing their business registration certificate, and that the city is not doing enough to compel them to pay the fee required by the city ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of taxi drivers gathered inside San Francisco City Hall this afternoon to meet with Cisneros and to hand him a letter requesting that more be done to level the playing field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter from the taxi alliance reads: \"We are providing the same service to the public, but, as far as we know, only we pay the fee.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cisneros said that sometimes the self-employed and independent contractors, such as piano teachers or tennis instructors, can be difficult for his office to detect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said drivers for ride-services also fall into that category and that his office often doesn't have mailing addresses or email addresses of those drivers, therefore making it impossible to deliver notices and collect fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I hear you,\" Cisneros said to the taxi drivers. \"We absolutely enforce the law.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Cisneros admits that the law isn't perfect and his office doesn't have the manpower to canvass the streets in search of rogue drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barry Korengold, who has been driving a taxi since 1987 and is on the executive board of the taxi alliance, said he thinks Cisneros needs to require ride-service drivers to register.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Korengold said that the taxi company he drives for instructed him to register with the city. If he doesn't renew that registration, and pay the $91 annual fee, the city has his contact information and would levy penalties against him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ride-service drivers aren't compelled to register and won't receive penalties because the city doesn't know who they are or how to contact them, Korengold said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the treasurer should require employers, such as Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, Wingz, and others, to notify their drivers of their legal responsibilities to the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Korengold said the city's board of supervisors ought to craft an ordinance to allow for increased oversight of these drivers operating businesses on the city's roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He suggested a sticker be placed on the driver's vehicle to prove their registration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other taxi drivers who gathered at city hall today said they felt that the city is discriminating against them with the unfair application of the city's business registration fee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The taxi alliance maintains that preferential treatment for the ride-service companies extends past the registration fee to background checks, training, insurance, and vehicle inspections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The taxi alliance's letter to Cisneros states that as a result of that preferential treatment, taxi drivers' incomes have been \"catastrophically cut\" and that, \"as many as 40 percent of drivers are now earning below minimum wage on shifts. Many of us are immigrants with few options to support our families - taxi driving is the only way we house, feed and clothe our families. Our families are suffering.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cisneros said today's Taxpayer Assistance Day event held at City Hall was designed to help all taxpayers complete their business registration renewal by the Monday deadline. He said they can also register online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He encouraged everyone doing business in San Francisco to register or renew their business by the deadline to avoid additional fees, interest, and penalties.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\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>[ad fullwidth]\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>[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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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": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\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>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/wpcJlw4CpPc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/wpcJlw4CpPc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\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>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\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\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Richard Brunelle says he feels trapped. He says he has to drive for Uber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Leandro man needs to make money for car payments. His 48-month loan is costing him $1,000 a month and has a 22.75 percent interest rate. He says he got into this mess through a vehicle financing program Uber created for drivers with poor or nonexistent credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2019/01/HarnettUberAutoLoan42415.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since November 2013, Uber has been \u003ca href=\"https://blog.uber.com/financing100000entrepreneurs\">signing up drivers\u003c/a> without cars or the credit to get one. The ride-service company connects drivers with car dealerships and a variety of lenders, some of which specialize in subprime auto loans. It promises to get them a car in less than a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The promotional video for the program says: “Everyone deserves to have a success story. Let Uber be part of yours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber says it created the financing program after hearing from potential drivers that they couldn't get cars. It has not released data on exactly how many drivers have used the program, but Uber says thousands have signed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's Uber's pitch for why banks should give loans to people with no credit: Its drivers are a safe bet regardless of their credit scores because they have a steady source of income -- the money they make driving. Economist William Black says that's faulty logic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Black is a former bank regulator who researches and writes on subprime auto loans. He says it's risky to give these loans to people with poor credit. In the case of Uber drivers, Black says, all kinds of things could go wrong and prevent them from making the high-interest car payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, driver income could change overnight if Uber decides to cut its rates, which it has done repeatedly. Drivers could get sick or injured. If they don't have savings, which many people with poor credit do not, drivers won't be able to make the payments and the car could get repossessed.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'The bottom line is, you need to underwrite these individuals.'\u003ccite>Economist William Black\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The “bottom line is, you need to underwrite these individuals,” Black says. In other words, the drivers should have co-signers for the loans. And they don't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Uber is working with lenders such as Santander Consumer USA, the American consumer finance unit of a Spanish banking group. The subsidiary has a \u003ca href=\"http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/08/07/santander-consumer-gets-subpoena-in-subprime-inquiry/?_r=0\">history of regulatory problems\u003c/a>. These lenders make subprime auto loans, charging high interest rates to people with no credit or bad credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brunelle, 58, started driving for Uber last August. He thought it would be a nice retirement job after working in the Navy, in a prison, in construction and as a truck driver. But Brunelle didn't have a car -- he rode a motorcycle -- and he says he had no credit because he'd always avoided credit cards. His wife told him about Uber's financing program and he decided to give it a try.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber connected Brunelle to a dealership and lender. Things did not go smoothly from there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brunelle says the dealer sold him a car that didn't qualify for the discount Uber promises as part of the financial package. He says the dealer also quoted him a different rate verbally than the rate on the paperwork he signed.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'This loan is like a ball and chain.'\u003ccite>Driver Richard Brunelle\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>When Brunelle got home, he realized he had signed a loan with a 22.75 percent interest rate. That means he will end up paying around $49,000 on a Kia Optima that normally retails for about $25,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tried to refinance this car last week and there's just too much overhead on the car right now that I can't get a re-fi on it,\" Brunelle says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dealer won't take the car back and Uber won't help him try to sort this out, says Brunelle. Now the loan is “like a ball and chain,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the financing program is just a scheme to get more drivers on the road so that Uber can make more profits. 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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. He realized he needed to drive more than 30 hours a week to have anything left over after expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know I need to be driving more,” Enrique says, “but I want to be able to live a life and see the sun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now though, Enrique is committed to gig work. Last year he quit his day job and bought a Prius. He has car payments and high insurance premiums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enrique's plan is to drive more. He just signed up to deliver food through another gig website.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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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>. 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Businesses are starting to replace more regular jobs with these gigs, Smith says, which is bad news for workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most gigs don’t have the kind of protections that workers fought for in the early 20th century — things like unemployment benefits and workers’ comp. Smith says “We’re at risk of becoming a country of isolated individual workers who are scrambling to piece together a few hours of low-wage, hourlong gigs that lack our most basic labor protections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There aren’t great numbers yet on how these gigs are impacting the labor force, but Smith says they are part of an established trend toward less stable employment. She says traditional temp work is at an all-time high nationally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Major corporations are hiring someone to do a tiny task for an almost insignificant amount of time,” Smith says, “and they are doing that repeatedly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In terms of labor protections, some gig companies are trying to improve. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The outsourcing of errands and odd jobs has fueled the growth of companies like TaskRabbit. With the click of a button, you can find someone to assemble your Ikea furniture or drive you to the airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But individuals aren’t the only ones using such sites to get work done. Businesses, large and small, are tapping into the so-called gig economy to find short-term labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”166″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/194576547″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/194576547″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/business\">Uber\u003c/a> has a Web page specifically for companies, as does \u003ca href=\"http://www.shyp.com/business\">Shyp\u003c/a>, which delivers packages to post offices. Then there is \u003ca href=\"http://wonolo.com/\">Wonolo\u003c/a>. It offers on-demand labor exclusively for small businesses, like Wendy Lieu’s chocolate shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">By some estimates, about 34 percent of the U.S. workforce now consists of freelancers.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Lieu has only a handful of employees at her San Francisco shop. To pack orders for the holiday rush, she got people through Wonolo. She says it is convenient because she does not have to increase staff or pay overtime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gig companies like Wonolo are providing businesses with workers, no strings attached. That helps cut costs, says Leslie Henthorn. She is a marketing programs manager at the tech company Twilio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henthorn says she orders people from TaskRabbit mainly to work events. “You don’t want to be committing to paying someone for eight hours when they don’t work for eight hours,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henthorn says there are always “taskers” available, so Twilio does not have to rely on the same people. That is one of the things Twilio likes about it, she says. “Even when we have a great relationship,” she says, “when you need people on demand, a lot of times they are going to be busy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are Gigs Replacing Regular Jobs?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way companies are using these gig services scares Rebecca Smith. She is deputy director at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nelp.org/\">National Employment Law Project\u003c/a>. Businesses are starting to replace more regular jobs with these gigs, Smith says, which is bad news for workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most gigs don’t have the kind of protections that workers fought for in the early 20th century — things like unemployment benefits and workers’ comp. Smith says “We’re at risk of becoming a country of isolated individual workers who are scrambling to piece together a few hours of low-wage, hourlong gigs that lack our most basic labor protections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There aren’t great numbers yet on how these gigs are impacting the labor force, but Smith says they are part of an established trend toward less stable employment. She says traditional temp work is at an all-time high nationally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Major corporations are hiring someone to do a tiny task for an almost insignificant amount of time,” Smith says, “and they are doing that repeatedly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In terms of labor protections, some gig companies are trying to improve. TaskRabbit, for example, now has on-the-job insurance and guarantees minimum wage. Also, the increased flexibility for this kind of work is a big perk for workers. It’s a quick way to earn some extra cash, or even to subsist entirely without having to become a permanent employee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Smith says it’s high unemployment that is driving workers to short-term gigs. People are desperate for income — people like Stephen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephen does a lot of work for tech startups in the Bay Area. Mostly he helps companies move into new offices by setting up desks, PCs, telephones. But Stephen isn’t employed by those startups or a moving business. He is a contractor hired by the hour through TaskRabbit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephen doesn’t want to use his last name because he’s worried a potential employer might see how hard up he is for work. Stephen started at TaskRabbit after being unemployed for nine months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first, TaskRabbit was great. He got a string of gigs at tech companies and started making some income. But then Christmas rolled around, everyone went on vacation and the work stopped. Stephen thought he might fall behind on rent and default on debts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thankfully, the work has picked up, but Stephen worries it could stop again. He needs a real job, he says, but as more gig services pop up, those could be harder to come by.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2014/09/04/one-in-three-u-s-workers-is-a-freelancer/\">By some estimates,\u003c/a> about 34 percent of the U.S. workforce now consists of freelancers, including temps, moonlighters and independent contractors. A 2006 report from the U.S. General Accountability Office said about 31 percent of workers in this country were employed on a contingency basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Curious about the boom/bust cycle that is reshaping the Bay Area? Check out our \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/boomtown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boomtown series.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/02/02/rain-rain-did-someone-say-rain\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Waiting for rain\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: The National Weather Service says heavy rain may start in Sonoma County during the day Thursday, then spread across the rest of the region Friday. Rain, occasionally heavy, is expected to last most of the weekend. Until then, enjoy a dry and mostly sunny Tuesday and Wednesday. \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mtr&wwa=special%20weather%20statement\" target=\"_blank\">Details\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Unveiled in Silicon Valley: Federal government's 30-year plan for America's roads\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(San Jose Mercury)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Riding to the Googleplex in a driverless car, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx visited Google to unveil a 30-year vision for what American transportation might look like in the coming decades. Automated cars, such as the models Google is inventing. Drone-delivered packages. A flourishing of the ride-hailing services that Uber and Lyft pioneered. And, if changes are not made soon, a dystopian headache of traffic clogging outdated roads and worsening the wealth divide. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27445216/u-s-transportation-chief-visits-google-unveil-30\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Obama's new transportation budget: The good, the bad and the ugly\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Streetsblog USA)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>With federal transportation funding set to run out by May 31, Congress is gearing up again to reset national transportation policy. Or, if that doesn’t work out, to limp along indefinitely under the status quo. President Obama unveiled his opening bid in the process on Monday. The $478-billion, six-year plan includes many administration proposals unveiled last year. Congress didn’t buy those ideas then, and with Republicans now controlling both houses, chances remain slim for reforming highway-centric federal transportation policy. \u003ca href=\"http://usa.streetsblog.org/2015/02/02/obamas-new-transportation-budget-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Google betrays Uber, and now it's war\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Valleywag)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Remember how Eric Schmidt spent years sitting on the Apple board, quietly learning everything about the iPhone — and then, presto, Google suddenly came out with Android and it looked a whole lot like the iPhone operating system and Steve Jobs went nuts on Schmidt for being such a sneaky, backstabbing son of a bitch? Well, Google just snuck up on another victim. This time it's Uber. \u003ca href=\"http://valleywag.gawker.com/google-betrays-uber-and-now-its-war-1683355569\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Uber announces deal to develop its own self-driving vehicles\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(TechCrunch)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Driver-on-demand service Uber is building a robotics research lab in Pittsburgh to “kickstart autonomous taxi fleet development,” sources close to the decision have confirmed to TechCrunch. They say the company has hired talent from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, including lead engineering and commercialization experts. \u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/02/uber-opening-robotics-research-facility-in-pittsburgh-to-build-self-driving-cars/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Artifacts show a Rosa Parks steeped in freedom struggle from childhood\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Washington Post)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>When Rosa Parks was a little girl in rural Alabama, she would stay up at night, keeping watch with her grandfather as he stood guard with a shotgun against marauding members of the Ku Klux Klan. ... “I wanted to see him kill a Ku-Kluxer,” the renowned civil rights leader wrote in a brief biographical sketch years later. “He declared that the first to invade our home would surely die.” \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/artifacts-show-a-rosa-parks-steeped-in-freedom-struggle-from-childhood/2015/02/02/90ee01f4-a7de-11e4-a7c2-03d37af98440_story.html?hpid=z3\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Seismic music at UC Berkeley's Campanile, performed by the Earth\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(KQED Arts)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>When the bells of Sather Tower on the UC Berkeley campus ring out on the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 3, the sound will amplify the low rumble of the earth that most of us in the Bay Area prefer to forget. In a project called “Natural Frequencies,” conceived by composer Edmund Campion, artist and roboticist Ken Goldberg and artist Greg Niemeyer—all UC Berkeley faculty—the bells are programmed to play a score composed in real time by the seismic shifts taking place along the Hayward Fault, directly below the Campanile. Accompanying the bells is a light show, also programmed to respond to the fault’s movements. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/02/02/a-seismic-composition-at-uc-berkeleys-campanile-performed-by-the-earth/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Foreign-investor visa program to pay for new West Oakland grocery\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Oakland Tribune)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After years of trekking to Emeryville or Alameda for groceries, West Oakland residents soon will have the best supermarket a collection of green-card-hungry foreign investors can buy. Businessman Tom Henderson is raising eyebrows even among boosters of the hardscrabble district by announcing plans to open a full-service grocery store that he says will make \"Safeway look like a 7-Eleven.\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27433062/proposed-west-oakland-supermarket-would-take-bite-out\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Roald Dahl's letter on the measles death of his daughter\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Mic)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Dahl, the author of \u003cem>Matilda\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\u003c/em> and \u003cem>The BFG\u003c/em>, among many other novels, lost his eldest daughter, Olivia, to measles in 1962. In 1988, he wrote a letter to British health authorities about his loss. His message: \"There is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunized against measles. ... Today a good and safe vaccine is available to every family, and all you have to do is to ask your doctor to administer it.\" \u003ca href=\"http://mic.com/articles/109646/27-years-later-roald-dahl-s-heartbreaking-letter-on-vaccines-matters-more-than-ever?utm_source=policymicTWTR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Tech job of the week: Executive assistant and nanny for CEO's baby\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Valleywag)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.skymosity.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Skymosity\u003c/a>, a \"weather-based marketing and analytics\" firm in San Rafael, is looking for someone who will be an executive assistant three days a week and on the other two days work as a nanny for the CEO's \"adorable\" 9-month-old kid. \u003ca href=\"http://valleywag.gawker.com/tech-job-of-the-week-executive-assistant-and-nanny-for-1683259223\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/02/02/rain-rain-did-someone-say-rain\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Waiting for rain\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: The National Weather Service says heavy rain may start in Sonoma County during the day Thursday, then spread across the rest of the region Friday. Rain, occasionally heavy, is expected to last most of the weekend. Until then, enjoy a dry and mostly sunny Tuesday and Wednesday. \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mtr&wwa=special%20weather%20statement\" target=\"_blank\">Details\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Unveiled in Silicon Valley: Federal government's 30-year plan for America's roads\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(San Jose Mercury)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Riding to the Googleplex in a driverless car, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx visited Google to unveil a 30-year vision for what American transportation might look like in the coming decades. Automated cars, such as the models Google is inventing. Drone-delivered packages. A flourishing of the ride-hailing services that Uber and Lyft pioneered. And, if changes are not made soon, a dystopian headache of traffic clogging outdated roads and worsening the wealth divide. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27445216/u-s-transportation-chief-visits-google-unveil-30\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Obama's new transportation budget: The good, the bad and the ugly\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Streetsblog USA)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>With federal transportation funding set to run out by May 31, Congress is gearing up again to reset national transportation policy. Or, if that doesn’t work out, to limp along indefinitely under the status quo. President Obama unveiled his opening bid in the process on Monday. The $478-billion, six-year plan includes many administration proposals unveiled last year. Congress didn’t buy those ideas then, and with Republicans now controlling both houses, chances remain slim for reforming highway-centric federal transportation policy. \u003ca href=\"http://usa.streetsblog.org/2015/02/02/obamas-new-transportation-budget-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Google betrays Uber, and now it's war\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Valleywag)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Remember how Eric Schmidt spent years sitting on the Apple board, quietly learning everything about the iPhone — and then, presto, Google suddenly came out with Android and it looked a whole lot like the iPhone operating system and Steve Jobs went nuts on Schmidt for being such a sneaky, backstabbing son of a bitch? Well, Google just snuck up on another victim. This time it's Uber. \u003ca href=\"http://valleywag.gawker.com/google-betrays-uber-and-now-its-war-1683355569\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Uber announces deal to develop its own self-driving vehicles\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(TechCrunch)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Driver-on-demand service Uber is building a robotics research lab in Pittsburgh to “kickstart autonomous taxi fleet development,” sources close to the decision have confirmed to TechCrunch. They say the company has hired talent from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, including lead engineering and commercialization experts. \u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/02/uber-opening-robotics-research-facility-in-pittsburgh-to-build-self-driving-cars/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Artifacts show a Rosa Parks steeped in freedom struggle from childhood\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Washington Post)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>When Rosa Parks was a little girl in rural Alabama, she would stay up at night, keeping watch with her grandfather as he stood guard with a shotgun against marauding members of the Ku Klux Klan. ... “I wanted to see him kill a Ku-Kluxer,” the renowned civil rights leader wrote in a brief biographical sketch years later. “He declared that the first to invade our home would surely die.” \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/artifacts-show-a-rosa-parks-steeped-in-freedom-struggle-from-childhood/2015/02/02/90ee01f4-a7de-11e4-a7c2-03d37af98440_story.html?hpid=z3\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Seismic music at UC Berkeley's Campanile, performed by the Earth\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(KQED Arts)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>When the bells of Sather Tower on the UC Berkeley campus ring out on the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 3, the sound will amplify the low rumble of the earth that most of us in the Bay Area prefer to forget. 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