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

Need a Lyft? Rideshare Wars, the Sequel

New player brings rideshare back to city agenda

"...recommendations for a pilot program authorizing the use of TNCs in Austin, and a second directing Ott to work..."

June 6, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Notes on Kamp: Everybody Loses

Council considers bad, outdated regs for Uber and Lyft

"...eyes. Fischer has endeavored to reframe the debate about TNCs less as a progressive vs. libertarian debate and more..."

April 8, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

Uber On the Offensive

APD is investigating claims that seven Uber and Lyft drivers sexually assaulted their riders between April and August

"...Monday conversation concerning the future of transportation network companies (TNCs) in Austin. Previous meetings had indicated that the committee..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Uber-Disgruntled

Those cheap Uber fares aren't doing drivers much good

"...beginning to reconsider the way the city works with TNCs moving forward. Council passed a temporary ordinance last September..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Navigating Rideshare's Course

City begins stakeholder meetings

"...pilot program for Austin's future with Transportation Networking Companies (TNCs): taxi cabs, Carma cars, mustachioed Lyft-mobiles, and SuperShuttles...."

June 20, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Parliamentary Maneuvers

Council plows through agenda beneath a persistent TNC cloud

"...consent Items, there was a tense dais contretemps over TNCs. The nominal issue was a resolution (sponsored by Mayor..."

May 23, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Filling the Gap

In the wake of Uber and Lyft's exit, drivers and riders look for alternatives

"...failure, Austinites who used to rely on the juggernaut TNCs are now figuring out how to get around the..."

May 13, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Prop. 1: False Advertising Claims Escalate

City officials deny claims on background checks

"...way they're currently handled for other drivers-for-hire, or the TNCs could continue to use their own vendors, but adding..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Campaign Finance Reports Shed Light on Prop 1 PAC Spending

Ridesharing Works coffer dwarfs rival PAC

"...weeks before the May 7 election – giving the TNCs time to pour even more money into the campaign...."

April 15, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Kitchen Recall Petitions Submitted

Vote likely to take place in November

"...the ordinance dealing with regulation of transportation network companies (TNCs)...."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Council: Taking It to Committee

Council members talk TNC and STR regulation

"...considerable pending business and a phalanx of marching acronyms: TNCs, STRs, ADUs, SXSW, etc. So it’s a good moment..."

Oct. 28, 2015 News Post by Michael King

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

Public Notice: Endorsements (Ouch)

How could we be so stupid?

"...in enforcement defined, but responsibilities shifted downward from the TNCs to the drivers themselves, who will almost certainly ignore..."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: Victory Lap

Voters respond to corporate bullying

"...accidents have magically declined since the arrival of the TNCs. Statistician Matt Hersh took a look at the original..."

May 13, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Public Notice: Mobility and the Devil

Only Uber and Lyft can bring back Uber and Lyft

"...local GM told the Houston Business Journal.) Life after TNCs?..."

May 13, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Adler to Vote "Against" Prop. 1

Mayor announces opposition to TNC proposition on Monday

"...ordinance that would re-establish the previous Council’s rules for TNCs (as first agreed upon on a temporary basis in..."

April 25, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Chronicle Endorsements

Vote no on Prop. 1

"...communities into submission, the strategy now used by the TNCs – amateur taxi-for-hire services craftily rebranded as “ridesharers” –..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature

Council: Gasping for Air

Mayor Adler's search for a solution to the Uber/Lyft referendum fails

"...and Lyft – will provide the only regulations on TNCs for the next couple of years. Despite a heroic..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Let the Battle Begin

We didn't ask for this fight, but Uber and Lyft have bought it

"..."Ridesharing Works for Austin" – the "citizens'" vehicle the TNCs are using to promote their campaign – has hired..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Put This in Your PUD and Smoke It!

While the mayor backs the Pilot Knob PUD, the rest of the dais express hesitation

"...might provide some ground under which Lyft (or other TNCs) might agree to an incentivized fingerprint program (the main,..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: "Sharing" Showdown Arrives

Plenty of contentious business for the first Council meeting of the year

"...teams, short-term rentals, and ... transportation network companies. The TNCs hadn't formally made the list earlier this week, but..."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Uber and Lyft Go to City Hall

Will Austin finally have permanent rules governing TNCs?

"...Chair Ann Kitchen revealed that city officials feared the TNCs calling their bluff. Put simply, Austin can’t afford to..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Uber Stakes Its Austin Claim

City attempts to solve rideshare conundrum

"...excited to be working with the city on bringing TNCs to Austin, but the two companies' arrivals run in..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Uber, Lyft Return to Austin Monday

Gov. Abbott expected to sign rideshare bill

"...The TNCs had already pledged to return to Austin as soon..."

May 25, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Council: A Busy Week at the Lege

City Council and the mayor confront the controlling state

"...stops. Adler testified at hearings on property taxes and TNCs, submitted written testimony on immigration, and has been bustling..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Lege for Sale?

Uber and Lyft splurge on lobby to deregulate themselves

"...to protect the public. With ground transportation – like TNCs, taxis, limos, and other rides-for-hire – that means ensuring..."

March 14, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Austin Transportation Guide

How to get around Austin, with or without your own wheels

"...Transportation Network Companies (TNCs)..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post by Katie Walsh

Dueling Ballots

"...to repeal Ordinance No. 20151217075 regulating Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) and codify TNC rules contained in Ordinance No. 20141016-038,..."

March 18, 2016 News Feature

SXSW Interactive: Innovation vs. Regulation in Austin

Local officials weigh in on the Uber/Lyft debate

"...Transportation Network Companies (TNCs), like Uber and Lyft, are currently at odds with..."

March 12, 2016 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

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