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So much scare-mongering went into this vote and it's a big reason why Prop 1 failed. No one was scammed by anybody. Uber and Lyft chose to leave Austin. You ca
by theli0nheart 10y ago
So much scare-mongering went into this vote and it's a big reason why Prop 1 failed. No one was scammed by anybody.
Uber and Lyft chose to leave Austin. You can argue endlessly why they were forced out, but somehow other services managed to pop up and make the business work.
- caseysoftware 10y agoAdler and crew said they expected Uber+Lyft to continue operating in spite of the law. Weird. Most of the things I cite were done after the Prop 1 vote. U+L screwed that up.. the City's behavior since has been ridiculous.
- sfrailsdev 10y agoDidn't the law just require fingerprinting?
- fokinsean 10y agoThere were a few other regulations. One of them included that TNCs can't stop in the middle of a busy road when picking up a rider. This is one thing I'm really glad got implemented because people have been seriously injured and killed[0] because TNCs stop in the middle of busy roads. 0: http://kxan.com/2016/04/28/woman-claims-lyft-driver-was-at-fault-for-husbands-deadly-crash/ http://kxan.com/2016/04/28/woman-claims-lyft-driver-was-at-f...
- caseysoftware 10y agoAnd rev-share and geo-fencing and detailed geo-reporting and... http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/techflash/2015/12/point-by-point-with-uber-lyft-on-proposed-austin.html http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/techflash/2015/12/poi...