Despite the lengthy protests and threats to leave, Uber in Hawaii has expressed it will continue operations in Honolulu. On August 3rd, 2016 the Honolulu City Council approved a measure 8-1 to establish regulations for taxis and transportation network companies (TNCs) like Uber and Lyft.
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In addition to displaying stickers, the council put up a central database where drivers have to register and the bill also mandates that drivers be subjected to a state-style background check.
What City Authorities Think
Shedding light on their reasons for the establishment of the Bill 36, Ann Koyabashi said: “We just want everything to be fair. What’s good for the taxi companies is good for the TNCs and vice versa”. Koyabashi introduced the first bill Wholesale New Jersey Devils Jerseys , along with several new amendments, which passed in this final vote.
What Taxi Operators Think
These taxi companies still believe that the bill still hasn’t provided enough consumer-end protection. They expect that the bill should also address rideshare drivers fingerprints submission into the National database and restriction of surge pricing, which allows TNCs to raise prices when demand is high. Taxi cab companies have always felt that TNCs have unfair advantages over them and have pushed for a level playing field for all parties. They argue that the exemption of TNCs from some of the charges and procedures that strangle local taxi operators make it difficult to compete equally with ride sharing companies.