They are less restrictive for Ride Sharing Companies less restrictive than had spoken but in last few weeks. I want to outline them for you right now. So these would mean no minimum fare or wait time. Thats something that was a big part of the last set of rules that had been talked about. Also, the rules would require fingerprint based background checks. That is still a major Sticking Point for several of those Ride Sharing Companies including uber. And then also cars cannot be the new rules would also cap the surge pricing at ten times the standard rate. And then also call for no surge pricing during emergencies. There was a major interest from the community on this vote today. Theres video of a rally held beforehand. Not even half the speakers that signed up to speak at the meeting were heard. They only had about 45 minutes for public comment. Now we did get a chance to speak the meeting they are still threatening to pull out of tampa bay if these rules are passed. If they proposed r
Detectives detective with the Hillsborough County have new information. The owner of this house rents out 3 bedrooms to different couples. One of the tenants overheard an argument and approached a man, wood, and he had a gun and he opened fire. The guy that fired the fatal shot was released and not charged. Learning new information about a case of zika. Before news time there is another case of nontravel related zika in miami beach. That brings the total number of locally transmitted cases to florida to 71. Our governor is asking the federal government to fund zika prevention programs. And right now the future of Ride Sharing Companies like uber and lyft is uncertain in hillsborough. The Hillsborough Public Transportation Commission voted patterson has more about what this means, hi, jeff. Good evening, josh and stacy. This vote today the ptc came from objections mayor from bob buck horn. The legislation that urged the pcp to vote on the state law to be formulated. Uber and lyft packed
Registry and terrorism watch list. Reporter the ptc says current state law requires get driver prints and it turns out there are other Ridesharing Companies including fare that already do that. Fare moved into austin, texas after uber and lyft left that city. We are doing thousands of trips a day. Reporter fare would play by the rules here too but not if uber and lyft continue working following the regulations that the ptc is pushing. That is not a fair Playing Field for us. We have a lot of good things going on around the country. A lot of municipalities contacting us. Reporter one thing seems certain, the debate will continue and people who rely on ridesharing will do whatever they can to keep you knower and lyft around. Lyft uber and lyft around. Reporter while it is likely that they will agree and enact have agreed to keep the door open to neti ongog lawsuits going on between uber and lyft. Really it comes down to it could be a court ruling or even a state legislative action that c
Developing this morning in st. Pete for the second night in a row. Protesters took over a meeting, to talk about a dirty controversy. Theyre demanding the city take further action. On wastewater dumping. And this time, the . Mayor was ready for them. Rick kriseman addressed st. Pete pier. The protestors are demanding an independent study to verify the citys Water Quality. The mayor said he would discuss that with city staff today. The mayor also said Water Quality has improved to the point where the city was able to remove warning signs that had been posted near some parts of the bay. A similar protest broke out tuesday night during another pier meeting. But this time. The mayor spoke with the protestors in a separate room several other cities in stormwater overcame their systems as well, sending nearly 175 million gallons of sewage into the bay. One Pinellas County commissioner wants to launch a task force so they prevent it from happening again. An update now on a mosque arson in sou
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