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It looks like the city snuck in a ride-sharing vehicles cap by pairing it with a pay floor for for-hire vehicle drivers. "[Caption] Drivers of for-hire vehicle
by mkolodny 8y ago
It looks like the city snuck in a ride-sharing vehicles cap by pairing it with a pay floor for for-hire vehicle drivers.
"[Caption] Drivers of for-hire vehicles on Wednesday demonstrated in support of a cap on ride-hail vehicles outside City Hall."
Then the signs in the picture above the caption are all focused on the pay floor...
"VOTE yes to create a pay floor for FHV drivers"
The pay floor and the ride-sharing cap are very separate issues, but it seems like the city pulled a fast one by pairing their legislation.
With the L train shutting down for a year+, this could be disastrous for getting from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
- Eridrus 8y agoI don't think these issues are actually that separate; both of them seek to limit Uber trips; one does it on the demand side by increasing the price, the other does it on the supply side, by directly constraining supply. The exact mechanisms are different, but the direction they are pushing is basically the same so that if one doesn't work the other should.