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Yeah, of course. Lacking any direct measurement, I'm using support from elected legislators as a proxy for support from people who live here. It's an imperfect

Yeah, of course. Lacking any direct measurement, I'm using support from elected legislators as a proxy for support from people who live here. It's an imperfect metric, obviously, but better than nothing. Presumably if they were getting 99-to-1 comments against the policy from drivers, it wouldn't have passed all of the state House, Senate, and Minneapolis city council.

Manuel_D 3y ago
Except the electorate is comprised overwhelmingly of people who aren't ride share drivers. They could easily be passing laws opposed by the majority of drivers because it's supported mostly by people who aren't ride share drivers.
- coldpie 3y ago
  I agree that option is in the possibility space. However, I don't think it is likely that a wide majority of drivers oppose it, given the support from so many legislators & the lack of that opposition being voiced in local news articles. Given this evidence and the lack of any opposing evidence (but feel free to present some!), I feel comfortable saying the ordinance is at least not wildly unpopular among drivers.
  - Manuel_D 3y ago
    I guess DEI bans are popular among Florida University professors because the government enacted it. Again, legislators don't care if it's popular among the impacted party. They just care if it's popular among voters. Which are overwhelmingly not Uber and Lyft drivers. I feel comfortable that this legislation is unpopular among Uber and Lyft drivers because they chose on their own accord to drive for these apps, and now they are deprived of that choice.
    - coldpie 3y ago
      Can you find some examples of drivers speaking out against it? At public hearings etc? All the news coverage I've seen about it has mentioned significant driver support and very little opposition.
      - Manuel_D 3y ago
        > Part time driver here doing it to make ends meet and pay a few bills more comfortably - I’m definitely pissed. I can certainly understand wanting more pay for drivers, but for the city council to just sidestep the statewide study and mandate rates higher than the study advocated for seems shortsighted and irresponsible to me. Check out what drivers are saying on the Minneapolis and Minnesota subreddits: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/comments/1bfjyej/lyft_and_uber_to_cease_operations_in_minneapolis/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/comments/1bfjyej/lyft_a...

Manuel_D 3y ago

Except the electorate is comprised overwhelmingly of people who aren't ride share drivers. They could easily be passing laws opposed by the majority of drivers because it's supported mostly by people who aren't ride share drivers.

coldpie 3y ago
I agree that option is in the possibility space. However, I don't think it is likely that a wide majority of drivers oppose it, given the support from so many legislators & the lack of that opposition being voiced in local news articles. Given this evidence and the lack of any opposing evidence (but feel free to present some!), I feel comfortable saying the ordinance is at least not wildly unpopular among drivers.
- Manuel_D 3y ago
  I guess DEI bans are popular among Florida University professors because the government enacted it. Again, legislators don't care if it's popular among the impacted party. They just care if it's popular among voters. Which are overwhelmingly not Uber and Lyft drivers. I feel comfortable that this legislation is unpopular among Uber and Lyft drivers because they chose on their own accord to drive for these apps, and now they are deprived of that choice.
  - coldpie 3y ago
    Can you find some examples of drivers speaking out against it? At public hearings etc? All the news coverage I've seen about it has mentioned significant driver support and very little opposition.
    - Manuel_D 3y ago
      > Part time driver here doing it to make ends meet and pay a few bills more comfortably - I’m definitely pissed. I can certainly understand wanting more pay for drivers, but for the city council to just sidestep the statewide study and mandate rates higher than the study advocated for seems shortsighted and irresponsible to me. Check out what drivers are saying on the Minneapolis and Minnesota subreddits: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/comments/1bfjyej/lyft_and_uber_to_cease_operations_in_minneapolis/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/comments/1bfjyej/lyft_a...