Drew WilsonMarch 12, 2024
2min0
Carpenter has more than two decades of experience working at FDEP.
Tag: TNCMike Johnson. Image via AP.
Drew WilsonMarch 12, 2024
A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2020
4min331
Ads atop Ubers? That may be the future.
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 30, 2019
3min488
Companies would have to reserve some ads for nonprofits and governments.
Jim RosicaApril 24, 2017
3min711
Gov. Rick Scott tweeted on Monday that he will sign into law a bill creating statewide regulations for ride-booking companies like Uber and Lyft. “I look forward to signing the @Uber/ @lyft bill,” Scott tweeted from his official account, @FLGovScott. The governor is in Argentina on a trade mission. Colin Tooze, Uber’s director of public affairs, tweeted back, “Many […]
Guest AuthorSeptember 16, 2016
5min636
As the backbone of a strong free-market economy, competition helps drive economic growth — incentivizing innovation, creating jobs, and ensuring the quality of goods and services is continuously improving. It’s innovation and competition that’s led to the creation of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) which are lowering costs for consumers, moving more people with fewer cars […]
Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2016
9min518
Will 2016 finally be the year the Florida Legislature implements rules of the road for ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft? In late January, the Florida House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill (HB 509) addressing Transportation Network Companies (TNC), but its fate in the state Senate is unknown, and officials with Uber on Tuesday blamed President Andy […]
Mitch PerryJune 9, 2015
3min458
(UPDATE: This proposal is now dead. See this report). Last month Florida Politics reported on how state lawmakers might bring back the issues of regulating transportation network companies (TNC’s) such as Uber and Lyft in the Special Session now underway in Tallahassee. But such legislation failed to make the official call as presented by House […]