Uber ads on Prop 1 for May 7

[zincwarrior]

The people have spoken.

http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/07/uber-and-lyft-shutdown-in-austin-after-voters-defeat-proposition-1/

"The defeat is a serious setback for Uber and Lyft, who spent a combined $8 million dollars on advertisement encouraging voters to support the proposition. Comparatively, a political action committee that is anti-Prop 1 spent under $100,000 on advertisements opposing the proposition."

This means Houston will now stick to its guns as well.

 

[AustinN4]

This means Houston will now stick to its guns as well.

Thought they already pulled out of Houston.

 

[AustinN4]

Interesting color-coded map which shows precinct by precinct voting on Prop 1. Seems to show most of the core of Austin voting against it, with most of the far out suburbs voted for it. I thought it would be the other way around.

http://projects.statesman.com/databases/election-map-20160507/

 

[Younggun]

Interesting color-coded map which shows precinct by precinct voting on Prop 1. Seems to show most of the core of Austin voting against it, with most of the far out suburbs voted for it. I thought it would be the other way around.

http://projects.statesman.com/databases/election-map-20160507/

The liberal center needs the gov to keep them safe.

 

[Big Dipper]

Although not totally coincident with Districts 6 and 8, those two districts are a large part of the "for" votes. The statists that elected the progressive members of the council (the mayor and the other 8 districts), for the most part, continued to support the "rulers".

 

[Big Dipper]

Some other stats on this one:

Registered voters: 509,242
Ballots cast: 89,197 17.52%
Cast without a yes or no selection: 956
Yes: 39,083
No: 49,158


Lots of "I don't care" people!

 

[coachrick]

I'm afraid(I mentioned it at lunch on Friday) that this ballot process and fallout will mirror much of what goes on leading up to and at the polls in November. A whole bunch of whiny crybabies all round...with not a good result in sight.

 

[AustinN4]

Lots of "I don't care" people!

I was one of them - I did not vote.

 

[AustinN4]

The liberal center needs the gov to keep them safe.

I thought just the opposite, that the hipsters would want to keep their Uber. Looks like I was wrong from that map.

 

[Younggun]

I thought just the opposite, that the hipsters would want to keep their Uber. Looks like I was wrong from that map.

Oh, I'm sure they want to keep it. They just want it to stay and simply absorb all the costs without any of the drivers raising prices or any reduction in service.

 

[TAZ]

Not surprised at all. A city that claims to want to be innovative manages to scare off folks doing business in an innovative manner.

Now we need a law that mandates free taxis between 2200 Friday to 1800 Sunday so we can save the children from drunk drivers. $1000000 fine for the cab companies if they don't have a cab on site in 5 min or less.

 

[Mreed911]

Should be interested to see what the city council does now... given the message they've just sent to the tech community.

 

[AustinN4]

Should be interested to see what the city council does now... given the message they've just sent to the tech community.

Wasn't it the voters that sent the message?

 

[Mreed911]

Wasn't it the voters that sent the message?

No, the new council started all this. We had regulations, then the new council decided they weren't "theirs," so they tried to put their name on the map. First ones elected after a move to 10-1.

 

[AustinN4]

First ones elected after a move to 10-1.

Most of whom aren't worth a darn, IMO. But again, Council would not have gotten its way had in not been for the voters yesterday.

 

[stdreb27]

Interesting color-coded map which shows precinct by precinct voting on Prop 1. Seems to show most of the core of Austin voting against it, with most of the far out suburbs voted for it. I thought it would be the other way around.

http://projects.statesman.com/databases/election-map-20160507/

Why is that surprising? Leftist elitist kooks live in the city. The vote centralizing power with government is consistent with their political views.

 

[TheDan]

I think the real question is why would they even comply? Uber and Lyft is just the connection platform. Craigslist doesn't have to get a business license in every city where someone posts something for sale.

 

[zincwarrior]

Thought they already pulled out of Houston.

Lyft did. Uber is still in operation.

I see the state legislature is sticking its nose in now. That must be Uber's plan B.

http://www.chron.com/news/politics/...consider-statewide-regulations-on-7421527.php

 

[AustinN4]

It is simple - Uber and Lyft managed to piss off more voters than it had willing to vote for their Prop 1.

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Prop 1 undone by campaign’s underlying motive, threatening tone

TRANSPORTATION By Ben Wear - American-Statesman Staff
Posted: 4:38 p.m. Sunday, May 8, 2016

http://www.mystatesman.com/news/new...rnallink_referralbox_free-to-premium-referral

Highlights

"Uber and Lyft spent $8.6 million on multiple arguments, but voters sensed the vote was about the bottom line."

"The companies’ history of aggression, particularly Uber’s, played into voter’s rejection of Prop 1 as well."

 

[zincwarrior]

Exactly. I don't have a dog in this hunt other than I don't want some California company threatening Texas cities You need us. We certainly don't need you. In the words of the immortal bard: "stick it, where the sun, don't shine!"

The one thing I definitely did not like was the proposal giving them permission to stop in lanes of active traffic to drop-off/pick up. Thats just horse shit.