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Public Transportation Commision (TPC) shuts down all free electric car services.
Bad call. This decision causes a negative impact to downtown Tampa, area businesses, the environment, our locals & tourists.
TPC has said that they will work to put this free service into a separate category so they can operate, but have not provided a timeline or sense of urgency.
Please let your voice be heard and contact your City Council representative:
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Locally, entrepreneurially minded folks have started up free transportation services using electric vehicles in downtown Tampa. The operators of these vehicles make their money by wrapping the cars in ads and accepting tips. Other than that, the ride is free.
But... Local cabbies are upset and demanding regulations to stop this sort of competition. Rather than coming up with better ways to compete, and requested government protectionist help. Amusingly, it's actually taxi regulations that have created some of this problem in the first place. At least one of the electric car owners notes that he approached the city about getting a license, but was denied, because of the artificial scarcity the city places on cabs via such regulations (which help keep the cost of a cab ride artificially high). But... the loophole is that the regulations only apply to hired transportation. If the transportation itself is "free" then there are no regulations.
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