Past Limo Crash Findings Playing Into Proposed Rules
10/23 update: As the public awaits a preliminary report on an accident cause, two recommendations after a 2015 crash would have affected the recent one.
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Lyft Leaves Houston Before New TNC Rules Take Effect
Posted on October 31, 2014
Less than a week before new regulations regarding paid rides in Houston take effect, one of two companies that launched in the city is preparing to stop providing rides rather than use a city-required procedure to conduct background checks.
Related Topics: background checks, Houston operators, Lyft, regulatory enforcement, Texas operators, TNCs
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Glen
| about 5 years agoHouston, how can you be so insensitive, expecting the TNC's to actually be licensed, insured and go through background checks. Don't you realize that they are cooooool? you should know that cool trumps passenger safety and obeying the law!