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July 10, 2012 01:17 am GMT
Uber cannot catch a break in Washington, DC. The city taxi commission tried to shut the private car service down last January over rule violations that it wasn't actually committing. Now the local government is taking another shot, considering a legislative amendment tomorrow that would force sedan car services like Uber to charge at least five times the cost of cabs.To be clear, the overall legislation is great, in that it forces cab companies to start taking credit card payments and using GPS. But the amendment does not even bother to hide its intentions.The section name is literally "Uber Amendments," and comes with a layman's explanation that "[t]hese requirements would ensure that sedan service is a premium class of service with a substantially higher cost that does not directly compete with or undercut taxicab service." (I've obtained the full amendment from Uber, and you can check it out below.)
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DC City Council Uber Amendment Would Force Sedans To Charge 5x Minimum Taxi Prices (Kill UberX)
Uber cannot catch a break in Washington, DC. The city taxi commission tried to shut the private car service down last January over rule violations that it wasn't actually committing. Now the local government is taking another shot, considering a legislative amendment tomorrow that would force sedan car services like Uber to charge at least five times the cost of cabs.To be clear, the overall legislation is great, in that it forces cab companies to start taking credit card payments and using GPS. But the amendment does not even bother to hide its intentions.The section name is literally "Uber Amendments," and comes with a layman's explanation that "[t]hese requirements would ensure that sedan service is a premium class of service with a substantially higher cost that does not directly compete with or undercut taxicab service." (I've obtained the full amendment from Uber, and you can check it out below.)Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/xH0_cZgYyJY/
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