Although there are plenty of moving parts, it appears the simmering dispute between City Council and the transportation network companies is about to come to a boil. Council is scheduled to consider the still-developing “incentives” governing TNC driver background checks next week (Jan. 28); the companies (TNCs Uber and Lyft, TechNet, and their supporters in the Ridesharing Works for Austin campaign) have submitted their petitions (with ample signatures); and Mayor Steve Adler is attempting to wrangle a (Full story Austin Chronicle)
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CLIP: Public Notice: The New Industrial Revolution?
“…more power to you, Mr. Mayor. If you can solve this big, sticky mess, you will have done the world a favor possibly as large as what Teddy Roosevelt did when he brought us antitrust legislation, labor reforms, meat inspection, the Pure Food and Drug Act, and national parks, among many other innovations that began to define the rights of the individual in the industrial age.” ~ Nick Barbaro, Austin Chronicle…(Full Story Austin Chronicle)
Clip: Mondays with the Mayor on KVUE Insider
Mayor Adler reflects on 2015, lays out goals for 2016