Mobility Committee Talks TNC Regs

TNC proposals now move to full Council

"...discussions on what the framework for transportation network companies (TNCs) like Uber and Lyft will look like moving forward,..."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Council to Vote on TNC Ordinance

Ride-for-hire companies face regulation

"...official, not-temporary-on-a-yearly-basis set of regulations for transportation network companies (TNCs)...."

Dec. 14, 2015 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Huey Rey Fischer Enters TNC Fray

Former UDems pres joins Ridesharing Works for Austin

"...Prop 1, concerning the regulations of transportation network companies (TNCs) like Uber and Lyft, is often framed as a..."

March 31, 2016 News Post by Mac McCann

All This and TNC’s Too!

First 2016 Council meeting promises plenty of action

"...TNC’s (aka “ridesharing”) companies don’t currently appear on the agenda,..."

Jan. 19, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Council to Vote on TNC Ordinance

Ride-for-hire companies face regulation

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

No Trespassing

illustration by Doug Potter TNC Goes Overboard in Protecting Barton Creek

"...heads the Austin office of the Texas Nature Conservancy (TNC). According to Droese, Fries told him and his two..."

July 11, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Ubering to the Polls

There's no stopping a costly referendum election

"...for, and CM Don Zimmerman abstaining) of a petition-led, TNC-friendly ordinance at last week's meeting, the city will hold..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Council: Incompatible Binaries

TNC debate still sucking all the available oxygen

"...short-term rentals, major contracts, even Council’s own rules – TNC’s remain the elephant on the dais...."

Feb. 2, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Uber Says "Thumbs Down"

No truce in the TNC war

"...no signs of abating. Ridesharing Works for Austin, a TNC-funded and supported political action group, submitted 23,000 of what..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Buy Yourselves a Ride – Legally!

Council approves TNC ordinance

"...that must be completed within 30 days of a TNCs – "a little unique to Austin," and expressed approval..."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Council: Can You Uber to Your Short-Term Rental?

Ride-for-hire regulations reach the dais

"...The public hearing has already been held on TNC regs – any testimony will likely be limited –..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

"Don't Be Getting Publicly Intoxicated"

APD chief clarifies comments about sexual assault

"...report on alleged sexual assaults by transportation network company (TNC) – i.e. Uber and Lyft – drivers...."

Dec. 15, 2015 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Rideshare Wars Round 2: Fare Thee Well

First TNC drops in response to Uber and Lyft's returns

"...the local ridesharing economy. Already one transportation network company (TNC) that entered the market upon the two behemoths' May..."

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Uber and Lyft Are Back, in Case You Missed Them

Drivers and riders react to return of TNC giants

"...of whom their board believes aren't currently served by TNCs, and lean on its principles as a co-op, something..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Safety for Some

The mayor tries to find a way to placate Uber and Lyft

"...fingerprinted and pass state-level background checks, while drivers for TNCs only have to do the one background check.) The..."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Feature by Katie Matlack

Ride-Booking Surges at ABIA

Uber and Lyft want to pick you up from the airport

"...like Uber and others, for Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (where TNCs are currently prohibited from doing business). The latest iteration,..."

Nov. 28, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Money's Green, Too

The Nature Conservancy & Big Bidness Makes Cents

"...In fact, General Motors Corporation and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) have a close relationship. TNC Director John Smale is..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

The Road to Prop 1

"...City Manager Marc Ott releases a memorandum addressing possible TNC regulations...."

May 13, 2016 News Feature

Leave No Fingerprints

Council’s last 2015 meeting looks both ways before crossing

"...of the arguments until late January – it was TNC’s that hogged the limelight (and the subsequent headlines), beginning..."

Dec. 22, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Public Notice: No Way to Run a City

Why is Council drafting ordinances on the dais after midnight?

"...Will it be the hacked-together ordinance pushed by the TNCs themselves and carried by CM Riley, or will Council..."

Oct. 3, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Reviving Austin's Cab Industry

ATX Co-op Taxi splits the difference between traditional taxis and ridesharing

"...available to pick up the slack when the two TNCs went out of commission. Head out into the Downtown..."

April 28, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Point Austin: Sign Right Here

TNC petition and Kitchen recall election recipes for pointless public expense, voter cynicism, and lousy government

"...Lyft). In response to Council's December enactment of a TNC ordinance that would have incrementally encouraged virtually universal fingerprinting..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Column by Michael King

TNCs for Public Safety

"...Dear Editor, No doubt, TNC [transportation network company] services help reduce DUIs. The Real..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Postmarks

Uber, Lyft Form PAC, Push Petition

Newly formed Ridesharing Works for Austin PAC wants to make Council regs permanent

"...to anybody who wished talk of transportation network companies (TNCs) would take a holiday. No sooner than five hours..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Solving the Right Problems

Nonprofit ride-hailing app hits Austin

"...(signed by dozens of Austin tech leaders), "RideAustin Turns TNC Lemons Into Lemonade," explaining their support for RideAustin. Addressing..."

May 27, 2016 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

C'mon Take a Slow Ride

Chaos still reigns in Uber and Lyft's wake

"...New Hampshire-based Arcade City, a much more decentralized TNC, will launch in Austin by the end of May...."

May 20, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Point Austin: Victory Lap

Voters respond to corporate bullying

"...of some of the "10,000 rideshare drivers" (another unconfirmable TNC myth) about to "lose their jobs," somehow the 900..."

May 13, 2016 News Column by Michael King

News Roundup: Police Firings, Uber Conspirings

Police union accuses Acevedo of retaliation

"...enough, an addendum includes five items that all address TNC's directly or indirectly, and bring the total to 96...."

Jan. 25, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

The Texas Hammer: Ridesharing and TNCs

Need a ride? The Lege will take you for one.

"...by transportation network companies Uber and Lyft, to overturn TNC regulations enacted by City Council. The companies opposed requiring..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

City Council Picks Up the Pieces

"...to get as many drivers working for the remaining TNCs as smoothly as possible. The mayor also announced in..."

May 13, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

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