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Austin is the modern version of that. http://www.vocativ.com/327333/a-world-without-uber-dispatches-from-austin/ http://www.vocativ.com/327333/a-world-without-

Austin is the modern version of that. http://www.vocativ.com/327333/a-world-without-uber-dispatches-from-austin/ http://www.vocativ.com/327333/a-world-without-uber-dispatche... http://hotair.com/archives/2016/06/22/banning-uber-and-lyft-in-austin-has-led-to-an-explosion-of-black-market-ride-sharing/ http://hotair.com/archives/2016/06/22/banning-uber-and-lyft-...

sevensor 10y ago
Austin once had streetcar lines, so Austin is also the historical version. http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2000-07-21/77996/ http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2000-07-21/77996/
amyjess 10y ago
That was because Uber and Lyft threw a tantrum about having to get proper background checks for their drivers. They're not banned from the city; they could come back at any time if they agree to use real background checks. The SSN-based background checks Uber and Lyft use are way too easy to defraud by using a fake SSN. Fingerprint background checks are much more secure. I don't get the complaints: I had to get a fingerprint background check when I legally changed my name two years ago. Big whoop. It cost me about $40 and a few weeks of waiting (and I got the actual fingerprinting done at lunch, so I didn't miss any work), and I don't care because it meant I could finally use the name I go by on official stuff. What Uber and Lyft did is straight out of the 19th-century robber baron playbook: they responded to sensible regulation by boycotting the entire local market. That's not how a good corporate citizen behaves; it's abusive and monopolistic behavior.
- yummyfajitas 10y ago
  The SSN-based background checks Uber and Lyft use are way too easy to defraud by using a fake SSN. Do you have any evidence that criminal behavior is higher on Uber and Lift than on yellow cabs? In any case, the fingerprint requirement is not the only thing the law requires. The law essentially required turning Uber into a yellow-cab like service which would more or less make part time driving unecomonical: http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm%3Fid=245769 http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm%3Fid=245769 It's factually wrong that they are a monopoly. Yellow cabs still exist, and suck just as bad as they ever did. Assuming Uber and Lyft are as unsafe as proponents of Proposition 1 claim, isn't it good that they are gone?

sevensor 10y ago

Austin once had streetcar lines, so Austin is also the historical version. http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2000-07-21/77996/ http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2000-07-21/77996/

amyjess 10y ago

That was because Uber and Lyft threw a tantrum about having to get proper background checks for their drivers. They're not banned from the city; they could come back at any time if they agree to use real background checks. The SSN-based background checks Uber and Lyft use are way too easy to defraud by using a fake SSN. Fingerprint background checks are much more secure. I don't get the complaints: I had to get a fingerprint background check when I legally changed my name two years ago. Big whoop. It cost me about $40 and a few weeks of waiting (and I got the actual fingerprinting done at lunch, so I didn't miss any work), and I don't care because it meant I could finally use the name I go by on official stuff. What Uber and Lyft did is straight out of the 19th-century robber baron playbook: they responded to sensible regulation by boycotting the entire local market. That's not how a good corporate citizen behaves; it's abusive and monopolistic behavior.

yummyfajitas 10y ago
The SSN-based background checks Uber and Lyft use are way too easy to defraud by using a fake SSN. Do you have any evidence that criminal behavior is higher on Uber and Lift than on yellow cabs? In any case, the fingerprint requirement is not the only thing the law requires. The law essentially required turning Uber into a yellow-cab like service which would more or less make part time driving unecomonical: http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm%3Fid=245769 http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm%3Fid=245769 It's factually wrong that they are a monopoly. Yellow cabs still exist, and suck just as bad as they ever did. Assuming Uber and Lyft are as unsafe as proponents of Proposition 1 claim, isn't it good that they are gone?