US legislators may adopt a stricter attitude on how Uber and Lyft fit into the US transportation system.
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According to foreign media reports, the chairman of the US House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee warned on Wednesday that the taxi service companies Uber and Lyft may soon face stricter regulations.
In recent years, the two companies have largely avoided traditional regulation and achieved rapid expansion.
Oregon Democrat Peter DeFazio said at a hearing that the taxi service company has completely changed the way people travel, but there are also many problems, such as increased traffic congestion, and The background investigation of the driver has the problem of “serious check-out”, which poses a risk to the safety of passengers.
Defazio’s remarks suggest that US legislators may adopt a stricter attitude on how Uber and Lyft fit into the US transportation system. Uber, in particular, claims to be a technology company that circumvents traditional transportation and labor regulations, which has attracted close attention from US federal prosecutors, officials in big cities such as San Francisco and London.
Defazio said Uber and Lyft refused to send representatives to testify at the hearing. The two network car companies were asked to attend the hearings of the House Traffic and Infrastructure Committee for the taxi service industry, covering work safety and labor practices.
The committee held this hearing because the US Congress is preparing to enact new laws regulating the industry.
“The failure of them to attend the hearing was a clear sign that they would rather be attacked by the public than answer questions about their operations,” said the committee’s chairman, Defazio.
Defazio said that the hearing should “sound out to the companies that have taken over our path and have subversive technology and investor capital. They are almost unconstrained and regulated in the transportation sector. End.” (Tencent Technology Review / Music)