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Uber/ Lyft leaving Minneapolis due to new law. City officials now fear transport shortages
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:10 pm
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:10 pm
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Some local agencies are scrambling Friday to try and figure out how to keep providing transportation to the area's most vulnerable populations after Uber and Lyft announced they're leaving Minneapolis on May 1st due to a new ordinance.
The move comes after the city council voted to give drivers a boost in pay after they argued the companies keep cutting their wages.
Uber and Lyft say fewer riders will now be able to afford the service, making operations unsustainable. Josh Gold, the senior director of public affairs at Uber says Minneapolis will be the only metro area in the United States without Uber. Gold wrote further in a statement, “We are disappointed the Council chose to ignore the data and kick Uber out of the Twin Cities, putting 10,000 people out of work and leaving many stranded. But we know that by working together with all stakeholders - drivers, riders and state leaders - we can achieve comprehensive statewide legislation that guarantees drivers a fair minimum wage, protects their independence and keeps rideshare affordable.”
Lyft says the new ordinance is deeply flawed and the rates are set higher than what a state transportation study found. The company reportedly offered the council three other pay rates. The policy communications manager, CJ Macklin, wrote, "We support a minimum earning standard for drivers, but it should be done in an honest way that keeps the service affordable for riders. This ordinance makes our operations unsustainable, and as a result, we are shutting down operations in Minneapolis when the law takes effect on May 1. We will continue to advocate for a statewide solution in Minnesota that balances the needs of riders and drivers and hope to return to Minneapolis as soon as possible."
Many organizations in Minnesota provide transportation to people with physical and cognitive barriers who say this move will have a traumatic effect.
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For example, four years ago, Dakota County partnered with Lyft to provide discounted rides to about 4,000 people a year. That includes Liz Workman's daughter, Tori, who gets a $1,000 stipend every month for rides to her job at a local grocery store. The money is funded by taxpayers.
"They have to fix this," said Workman about the city council. "If they’re smart, they’ll get back into it and get some consensus on what’s the right thing to do."
Connect Ability of MN is a non-profit that partnered with Lyft four years ago. It says 3,000 people use the ride-share company and they're busy letting all those clients now know what might happen next.
"They're literally going to have to quit their jobs because they will have no transportation to get to them," said Connect Ability of MN Executive Director Sheri Wegner. "We’re going to create isolation and we’re going to create problems with increased demand on social services and case managers in the state of Minnesota who are going to be under tremendous pressure."
She says that can lead to even further limited access to other things like stable housing, food and appointments. Wegner did commend the city council for approving a livable wage for drivers, but questions at what cost. "They stuck to their guns on their highest price and now everybody else has to pay the price for that," said Wegner. "That's very unfortunate."
I feel especially bad for the special needs providers in the area. I know that Uber and Lyft provide major transport support for orgs that service special needs adults.
Idiots on the city council don’t know what they are doing!
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Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:15 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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That includes Liz Workman's daughter, Tori, who gets a $1,000 stipend every month for rides to her job at a local grocery store. The money is funded by taxpayers.
Holy shite.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:15 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Man, hate to see it.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:15 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
"Let's raise the wages. What are they gonna do, leave?"
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:16 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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$1,000 stipend every month for rides to her job
The average American would laugh in disbelief if you told them what their taxes actually pay for.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:17 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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I feel especially bad for the special needs providers in the area. I know that Uber and Lyft provide major transport support for orgs that service special needs adults.
OweO and Owl are fricked
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:18 pm to BigBinBR
What are those Hadjis gonna do now?
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:18 pm to BigBinBR
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That includes Liz Workman's daughter, Tori, who gets a $1,000 stipend every month for rides to her job at a local grocery store. The money is funded by taxpayers.
Leftists love nothing more than giving away other people’s hard-earned money.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:18 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
That includes Liz Workman's daughter, Tori, who gets a $1,000 stipend every month for rides to her job at a local grocery store. The money is funded by taxpayers.
"They have to fix this," said Workman about the city council.
Perhaps Liz has a car and can imagine a solution?
"They have to fix this," said Workman about the city council.
Perhaps Liz has a car and can imagine a solution?
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:19 pm to BigBinBR
seems like she could buy her own car with that stipend
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:20 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Likely out time is the city council with either raise the driver pay scale even higher or sue to make Uber/lyft stay…..
They do not understand economics and can’t admit they caused the problem
They do not understand economics and can’t admit they caused the problem
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:20 pm to Trevaylin
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seems like she could buy her own car with that stipend
$1000 / month could afford some nice arse high end cars.
I’d be pulling up to the grocery store in a GT-R or something if I had a free $1000 thrown at me every month.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:21 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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That includes Liz Workman's daughter, Tori, who gets a $1,000 stipend every month for rides to her job at a local grocery store
A frickING GROCERY STORE
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:21 pm to SouthPlains
quote:I’d much rather pay for a mentally handicapped person to get rides to the grocery store to bag groceries (and benefit society, even a little) than pay for a whole lot of other stuff : like a fully able bodied person with 16 kids.
quote: $1,000 stipend every month for rides to her job
The average American would laugh in disbelief if you told them what their taxes actually pay for.
This post was edited on 3/17/24 at 6:23 pm
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:25 pm to Trevaylin
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seems like she could buy her own car with that stipend
A car would put her over the medicaid asset limit and she would no longer qualify for the stipend.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:28 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Well well...if it isn't the consequences of my own actions
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:29 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Hey are you the poster that said you’d suck another guys dick if it meant Trump not being president again?
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:30 pm to Jim Rockford
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A car would put her over the medicaid asset limit and she would no longer qualify for the stipend.
One of those things that people on both sides of the aisle could make a compromise on in this situation.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:32 pm to evil cockroach
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I’d much rather pay for a mentally handicapped person to get rides to the grocery store to bag groceries (and benefit society, even a little) than pay for a whole lot of other stuff : like a fully able bodied person with 16 kids.
I'd rather not pay for either.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:32 pm to Walt OReilly
$1000/month could easily afford two reliable cars like a Camry and civic or accord. That’s insane.
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