No fair, ride share
Today, Explained
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🗓️ 20 August 2018
⏱️ 20 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Support for the show today comes from Google Play. |
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| 0:26.7 | In this city we love, do we let big corporations tell us what to do? |
| 0:41.7 | No! |
| 0:43.7 | Do we let the big oil companies or the big pharmaceutical companies tell us what to do? |
| 0:50.7 | No! |
| 0:52.7 | So, are we going to let Uber and Lyfton all the other big companies tell us what to do? |
| 0:58.7 | The New York City Council approved a measure that will cap the number of rideshare providers in the city |
| 1:06.7 | and it is sending shockwaves through the car service industry. |
| 1:09.7 | These four higher cars have been clocking city streets, |
| 1:12.7 | making it nearly impossible to park in front of storefronts. |
| 1:15.7 | Cab drivers have been lamenting how much harder it is to make a living. |
| 1:18.7 | They put a cap on the cause in New York City, so it's a major setback for Uber. |
| 1:23.7 | They've frozen for one year how many Uber and Lyfts are operating there. |
| 1:28.7 | For cities who have struggled for almost a decade with how to regulate these cars, this is a big step. |
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