Atlanta introduces bill to regulate Uber and Lyft

This highlights the fact that Uber and Lyft are not disrupting so much as exploiting regulatory arbitrage. That is, for all intents and purposes they are taxis, but they are attempting to ignore licensing, regulatory and fee requirements

I am not sure this legislation is terrible. Requiring GPS billing be certified, drivers be insured, drivers be licensed, and some of the other general consumer protections seem pretty sensible. I also did not see anything in the legislation that related to minimum rates as the article implied.<p>It actually does seem like a decent first draft.

Fine by me, Uber is a scam company. Here is an email I got from them today.<p>Subject (large text): &quot;Explore NJ this weekend with FREE uberX rides&quot;<p>Body (small text): &quot;NJLOVESuberX covers rides beginning OR ending in New Jersey, up to $20. Believe us – at these rates, $20 will get you far.&quot;<p>Fine print (tiny text): &quot;Please note that there is a $20 surcharge for trips between New Jersey and NYC.&quot;

<i>Atlanta introduces bill to shut down Uber and Lyft</i> is not an appropriate re-titling of this article.

Hailo takes the strategy of working with existing licensed taxis so presumably they would be ok?