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Originally Posted by GGG
Since they changed the bylaw I don't believe you can blame the city anymore. Uber believes it has political leverage over the city by leaving Edmonton with the service and Calgary without. Our bylaw is less costly and less restrictive than New York which really set the standard for cities providing effective bylaws for Uber.
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And between Calgary and Edmonton, the most important difference between the two is that Edmonton puts the burden on Uber to pay for the cost of enforcement ($50,000 annually + 6 cents per trip) while Calgary places it on the driver ($220 ea). And if Uber was that concerned about it, they would just eat that cost on their behalf.
The other differences being that Calgary requires a CPS background and dangerous sector check - same as for any other taxi driver - while Edmonton caved and agreed to a lower standard. I can't side with Uber on that one. Edmonton wants annual, Calgary wants semi-annual for high mileage drivers. And TAI's Great Satan, Naheed Nenshi, is actually on record as being open to reducing that to once annually. Uber is also whining because the city expects drivers operating commercially to have a license that supports operating commercially. OH NOES!
Sorry TAI. Uber is the reason why Uber is not operating in Calgary right now. Not the city.