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Which easter state legislature is confronting transparency in ride share data? Massachusettes
Included in recently passed statewide ride share laws is sharing which information with regulators?
Is the information that ride share companies provide public? No.
Salem News | Our view: Legislature needs to make ride share information public
A conservative writer points to 3 “experts” to support the argument that subsidies will be involved in Texas High Speed Rail:
The Expert: Stanford University economics professor Alain Enthoven
The Subsidy angle: Eminent Domain is a subsidy
The Expert: assistant director of transportation policy for the Reason Foundation, Baruch Feigenbaum
The Subsidy angle: federal Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) loans are subsidies
The Exert: Gerard Llobet, associate…
The questions will be first answered by Attorney General Opinion request, RQ-0113-KP, and in all likelihood later answered by the courts.
Slate | Will Texas Law Trip Up a $10 Billion High-Speed Rail Project?
The new ride share regulations passed this week in Chicago will:
AP | Chicago Aldermen OK Less Restrictive Ride-Hailing Rules
Chicago Tribune | Aldermen OK weaker Uber rules after Emanuel…
What high speed rail data is factored into the calculator?
The purpose of the calculator? If high speed rail finances go south, the State of Texas will foot the bill.
Chairman Pickett suggests this compromise to address finger print requirements for ride share companies:
“riders could specifically request drivers who had undergone fingerprint-based FBI background checks”
It’s extreme local control. Let the rider control.
El Paso Times | Pickett open to compromise on ridesharing rules
The Requestor: Chairman Byron Cook initiated RQ- 0113-KP about Texas Central Rail
The Questions asked of the Attorney General:Do the parties have eminent domain authority to condemn property for Texas High Speed Rail?
The Facts and Statutes key to whether Texas Central Rail has eminent domain power:
Small Ride Share companies step in to fill the void. Here’s what happened in Austin:
The lawyer: Blake Beckham
His legal style: Rottweiler-styled lawyer
Coordination with opponents to high speed rail: Yes. He spoke to Ellis County landowners and was described as putting “wind in the sails”
The Way He Sees to Stop Eminent Domain by Texas Central Rail: By declining Congressional approval of the route, without the route approved, there can be no eminent domain
Space X wants the Texas Spaceport Trust Fund funded. Here’s what you need to know:
RioGrande Guardian | SPACEX CALLS ON LEGISLATORS TO SUPPORT TEXAS SPACEPORT…