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Your Call: Taxi, Uber, and Lyft drivers discuss regulations

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On January 13, 2015, around 70 of Portland's 460 Taxi cabs protested fair taxi laws by parking in Pioneer square. Organizers want city leaders to make ride-sharing companies play by the same rules as cabs and Town cars.

  

We’ll have a conversation with ride-hailing drivers, from taxis to Uber about how the industry ought to be regulated.

On Monday, San Francisco subpoenaed Uber and Lyft records to investigate the companies’ practices providing service to poor neighborhoods and whether drivers create unsafe road conditions. The companies have also come under fire for their use of independent contractors and their impact on traffic.

We’ll open up the lines and invite drivers and passengers to share their perspectives.

Guests:

Kelly Dessaint, a taxi driver in San Francisco

Ron Childress, a driver for Uber

Web Resources:

The San Francisco Examiner: SF wants access to Uber and Lyft data to tackle traffic congestion

The San Francisco Chronicle: Long-distance Uber, Lyft drivers’ crazy commutes, marathon days, big paychecks