By: Trey Couvillion, LSU Manship School News Service
Published: Apr. 23, 2019
BATON ROUGE–Popular ridesharing apps Uber and Lyft might soon pick up passengers in all corners of the state, as legislators advanced a bill Tuesday that would expand the services statewide.
The proposed legislation, authored by Rep. Tanner Magee, R-Houma, would expand services of Uber, the industry’s leader, and Lyft, the second-largest rideshare app beyond some of the state’s biggest cities.
The Department of Transportation and Development would have authority to regulate the industry on a statewide level while not disturbing the rules set by some cities.
The House Transportation Committee debated the bill for more than an hour, with lawmakers stressing the importance of consistent vetting processes and arguing about whether DOTD reviews of drivers’ records should make them public.
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