Post by pavel on Feb 19, 2016 20:47:54 GMT -6
Lyft, a ride-booking company and competitor of Uber, could return to New Mexico if a bill that passed the Legislature during its last hours Thursday morning becomes law, says a sponsor of the measure.
Rep. Monica Youngblood, R-Albuquerque, said in a phone interview after the bill passed the House 63-4 that taxi companies hold a monopoly under existing regulations.
“That’s why we don’t have taxis in rural communities,” she said.
But the bill, which creates a regulatory framework that Lyft and Uber representatives say they could support, might prompt changes in existing regulations by creating competition, she said. She hopes that would prompt more transportation services to operate in rural New Mexico.
Read more: www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/legislature-passes-bill-to-regulate-ride-booking-services/article_cdfd5bcf-3a9c-5779-ba88-b5dffb204100.html
Rep. Monica Youngblood, R-Albuquerque, said in a phone interview after the bill passed the House 63-4 that taxi companies hold a monopoly under existing regulations.
“That’s why we don’t have taxis in rural communities,” she said.
But the bill, which creates a regulatory framework that Lyft and Uber representatives say they could support, might prompt changes in existing regulations by creating competition, she said. She hopes that would prompt more transportation services to operate in rural New Mexico.
Read more: www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/legislature-passes-bill-to-regulate-ride-booking-services/article_cdfd5bcf-3a9c-5779-ba88-b5dffb204100.html