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Feds find 7 big problems in Rahm’s proposed Uber law

04/24/2014
Feds find 7 big problems in Rahm’s proposed Uber law In February, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed an ordinance for regulating transportation network providers, or TNPs, such as Uber and Lyft. But his proposal is loaded with anti-competitive restrictions that would harm consumers. Now regulators at the Federal Trade Commission have weighed in on Emanuel’s...

Ridesharing victory over cronyism

By Matt Paprocki
04/11/2014
This session, a bill was introduced to the Illinois General Assembly that would impose draconian regulations on Uber and Lyft’s ridesharing programs. This legislation was crafted by the cab unions with the intention of drastically increasing regulation so as to maintain monopoly control over the urban transportation market. In addition to stifling the free market,...

TAGS: Lyft, Uber

Tell your legislators now to save UberX and Lyft in Chicago!

04/10/2014
The taxi lobby has been trying to get Chicago to destroy ridesharing services like UberX and Lyft, but it hasn’t worked because the services are just too popular in the city. So now the taxi industry has turned to Springfield for help crushing the competition, and it looks like state legislators might be about to...

TAGS: Lyft, rideshare, Uber

Why are regulators so out of touch?

By Bryant Jackson-Green
03/11/2014
Why are regulators so out of touch? At a Chicago City Council committee hearing on ride-sharing services last week, taxi-industry lobbyist Matthew Daus, president of the International Association of Transportation Regulators, reportedly said that “millennials” were responsible for the rise of companies such as Lyft and Uber because they care more about “cost” than about the public...

TAGS: energy drinks, Lyft, millennials, nanny state, Uber

What Millennials want

By Bryant Jackson-Green
03/08/2014
Why are regulators so out of touch? At a Chicago City Council committee hearing on ride-sharing services last week, taxi-industry lobbyist Matthew Daus, president of the International Association of Transportation Regulators, reportedly said that “millennials” were responsible for the rise of companies such as Lyft and Uber because they care more about “cost” than about...

TAGS: millennials, nanny state

How to stop Chicago from ruining Uber and Lyft

02/18/2014
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has proposed an ordinance that would force the popular ride-sharing services Uber and Lyft to drastically change the way they do business, if not shut down operations in the city entirely. The proposal contains numerous unnecessary provisions that would harm Uber and Lyft drivers as well as consumers and serve no...

TAGS: Chicago, Lyft, nanny state, taxis, Uber

The 7 worst things in Chicago’s proposed Uber ordinance

02/10/2014
Last week, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed an ordinance that would regulate popular ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft in Chicago. Emanuel often claims that he wants Chicago to be friendly to new businesses, innovation and technology. Unfortunately, his proposal is anything but friendly to these “transportation network” services, and would force them to...

TAGS: Chicago, nanny state, Uber

Chicago taxi industry sues to keep competition out

By Hilary Gowins
02/06/2014
Smartphone-based taxi services such as Uber and Lyft have been invaluable for many Chicagoans during the polar vortex and its lingering aftermath. The city’s entrenched taxi industry doesn’t like that fact. They’ve filed suit against the city of Chicago, claiming that allowing the existence of these in-demand services discriminates against people without access to smartphone...

TAGS: Chicago, cronyism, Lyft, Uber

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