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Originally Posted by adc
How come nobody is up in arms that Uber refuses to work with the City and follow guidelines soley because it a. hurts them financially and b. possibly makes them liable for things they should be liable for?
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They first entered Calgary in October, 2013. As they were Sedans at the time they would have had to follow the limousine guidelines. They stopped for 2 whole years as City Hall "looked into" some of the rules around the limousine regulation. Those rules, were the automatic $85 minimum fare and a minimum 30-minute pre-arrangement requirement (obviously both are rules to protect the taxis..)
This was the result in October 2015.
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-...et-says-nenshi
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A proposal to lower fares and ease rules around limousines and luxury sedan service in Calgary was roundly rejected at Monday’s meeting by a majority of council over safety and market fairness concerns.
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It took 2 whole years for the city do anything and the end result was nothing. That's when Uber went into it illegally. A month later of Uber not playing nice and we get this:
http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/11/16...il-by-february
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City council took a big step toward legalizing Uber drivers in Calgary, but with conditions.
A bylaw outlining the rules for Uber drivers will come back to council no later than Feb. 22.
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So they sit back, do nothing for 2 years and get roundly rejected in minor changes and then they operate illegally for a month and City Hall decides to do something. That's the reason people aren't blaming Uber. If it wasn't for pressure, City Hall would be doing nothing at all. Not even pretending to work on something.