Local Gov. Trend: Deregulate Ride Share to Level the Field

Sarasota City Commissioners voted unanimously to deregulate all for-hire vehicle services to ensure both ride share and taxi cabs are permitted to conduct their business without government interference.

No regulations for cabs and ride share? Yes, indeed. Instead of choosing to regulate ride share, the city council de-regulated both types of transportation services.

What about  stronger background checks, insurance requirements and vehicle standards? “If they don’t have these things, they’re going to be out of business,” Commissioner Liz Alpert said.

Institute for Justice | Sarasota Deregulates Taxi Industry