Mayor Turner Discusses Uber's Future in Houston

[@10cabe]

Bravo Mayor Turner, you are correct to do this to protect citizens! Hooray for you.

[@yasmindelapenha4503]

I live in Miami. This Mayor stood his ground and did the right thing, Now make them make prices fare with cab drivers,

[@kenholmz]

I find the last question included in this video to be interesting. The questioner asks why Houston has to be an outlier, "a person or thing differing from all other members of a particular group or set." This because there are some 200 communities that don't require what Houston requires, which as stated more than once in this video is identical to what is required of other ride for hire drivers. Even if Houston were an outlier it would only mean that Houston is correct and 200 others are not. But as Mayor Turner stated, Houston will soon the the 3rd largest city in the U.S. Such large metropolitan cities do have more of everything, including things they would rather not. I regret that Uber is attempting to keep us, the public, from knowing more about them. Uber wants it to be easier for them to sign up drivers. Uber gets a cut from all Uber drivers. The more drivers, the better for Uber but not better for drivers, at least not for those who want to do more than a few hires per week. This would also cut deeply into other ride for hire services. It is something like falling gasoline prices. It feels good for a while, but before long more and more people are affected adversely by it. This is Houston. Not Detroit.

[@chrisfry7492]

We, Houstonians, support, Mayor Sylvester Turner and the Houston City Council to do what is wright. That is protecting us against Uber's greed. it doesn't care about passengers's safety, but only about its pocket. it is welcome to leave town, if it doesn't want to follow everybody else rules.

[@jamesyoung8540]

+Chris Fry I'm with you guys on this. I liked it how the mayor refused to deviate from the safety issues. It seemed like a lot of questions asked him were from uber supporters. He makes it very clear that they are welcomed in the market, but have to play by the rules. It doesn't get any similar then that.

[@TheJshew35]

Uber 's business practice is unethical to say the least. Uber must follow the standards and practices of the transportation industry within each city. Great job Mayor

[@marionmontoyarivas4299]

Roadie driver should also request their folks to finger print since they have their drivers picked up luggage from the airport and safety is being compromised.

[@BeReady726]

If they leave, good riddance. I drove for them in Houston for two years and it after trying every strategy possible to succeed with them, I couldn't do it, and realized that they have absolutely zero interest in driver welfare.

[@itsjustme11]

They will not leave until after the Super Bowl.

[@pewdiepiep1444]

+Its just Me Makes sense. Gotta maximise profit.

[@marionmontoyarivas4299]

Uber can leave since we have other companies that will love to invest in our City

[@stantc77]

thousands of drivers only drive surge, uber need to pay more for drivers, so that it's worth driving

[@mysticswole7820]

what is the big deal sbout getting aTNC? I got mine?

[@PaulsJourney1]

WakeUpThe.US. am not sure i got my tnc and airport sticker its not a big deal uber needs to understand its for rider safety and i respect the ordinances of our city

[@mysticswole7820]

Pmg2007paul Do you usually just stay the airport? What's that like? Pretty nice money? I haven't gotten my airport permit yet

[@EmpireChris]

I'm surprised that Houston politicians are willing to stand up to Uber's Neoliberal business model. Uber has ignored and disrupted every regulatory rule when it comes to ground transportation safety. Cities and towns must confront and collectively fight these Neoliberal practices. Ariana Huffington has announced today that she has drunk the Kool-Aid and has formally joined the Uber Board. We need to collectively create a Regulatory Ride Sharing Board consisting of representatives from the largest cities, towns and municipalities to confront Uber to ensure drivers are properly background checked. Decent people that use the services of Uber deserve to know that when they are stepping into a private vehicle that they are assured of their safety, security and privacy. With national oversight people can be assured that no matter what city they are in they have the same level of service and security from one jurisdiction to the next. In the end this is not just a matter of transportation but more importantly national security. Until these minimum basic regulations are followed by Uber they cannot and should not be allowed to illegally operate. A National Regulatory Board could be financed with a 1 cent levy on all rides to monitor and regulate ride sharing and service delivery companies. The 'datum' that Uber is collecting should not be proprietary. Densification of cities has created a new challenge to urban planners and public infrastructure. Transportation and communications are merging together and need to be regulated for the public good. The time to confront unregulated private transportation and services is now. The future health of our cities demands that we reign in these transnational behemoths. The Houston Mayor seems to have the skills and political will to manage a board that could stand up to this one particularly bad corporate transportation bully. The movement of people, goods and services is too important to be left to a corporation that cares little for their workers, customers nor the environment. Uber, if left to its' own devices will soon if it hasn't already, rival the power, greed and destruction we've all experienced at the hands of Wall Street Bankers. The digital economy is no longer a city or regional issue but rather a national issue that is too important to be left to over sized egos and unbridled greed.

[@theoriginalbrownhornet7364]

Uber came to Houston illegally, so if they were a Mexican company they can stay

[@madstudios8059]

The Mayor mentions again and again in this video that Uber is "holding a gun to his head" , luckily as Mayor he has a few guns of his own, still......................maybe he needs rescue??

[@tonyrod4965]

Is too hot to walk home from school

[@stantc77]

Uber employees highly trained young punks,

[@madstudios8059]

Don't let Atlanta become the next Kalamazoo! Listen to London.AtlantaAirport.Taxi not Uber bribesman at the Atlanta State Capitol. Watch the uber rides from the state capitol building Atlanta at uberestimate.com/live

[@Mike_Davidson]

*"A level playing field? This is outrageous!" - Uber LMAO*

[@jab6995]

Uber does a background check for its drivers, why does the city of Houston also need to do the same? The driver pays for it . Any one can fraudulently cheat the process. I think it's a money grab. Anytime a politician says his policies are based on the publics safety, I get suspicious. Both sides want to gain monetarily .

[@mortgagemoney]

+jab6995 Uber's background checks are worthless, didn't you get that Houston had experiences were drivers had terrible backgrounds, after they had been driving for a while. The Mayor is not compromising safety measures.

[@thunderintl]

watch it again, you werent paying attention, you cant be that dumb. hopefully not

[@mortgagemoney]

+Robert Jessee You are saying it, anyone can cheat, that's exactly the problem, why this government has to take over. I personally understand the issue because, I know Uber's been cheating every step of the process. There's partial, limited, local, inconsistent, flawed, cheap, unqualified, worthless background checks and there's serious in depth BK history checks. If they wanted cash they could just impose sanctions, demand reinstatement and all kinds of fees.

[@thunderintl]

+RUDY'S Cab Channel i was referring to the other comment

[@Mike_Davidson]

We don't need no stinkin' regulations! We're Uber damn it! LMAO

[@josephsmith4147]

Mayor Sylvester Turner (An Attorney, the Lord God) denying our rightful access to the Tree of Life (Free Markets).

[@josephsmith4147]

Public Safety? What about abortions?

[@josephsmith4147]

+Joseph SMITH The Lord God (The Attorney), hates free markets.

[@josephsmith4147]

Their picking winners and losers. There's no such thing as free markets.