Ridesharing Companies Eat Away at Taxi Marketshare in Salt Lake City
A report before the Salt Lake City Airport Advisory Board this morning revealed that ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft have put a significant dent in the marketshare previously monopolized by taxis. Just five months ago, only...
Secret Shopper Hired to Punish Lyft and Uber Actually Prefers Them
Salt Lake City, enforcing its arcane, anti-free-market transportation laws, has been imposing $6,500 fines on Lyft and Uber drivers. City officials argue that its laws are necessary for public safety, which is false. To help...
362,361 Reasons Why Salt Lake City Favors Taxis over Lyft and Uber
In an exclusive interview published last month, we broke the story regarding Salt Lake City’s heavy-handed fines being imposed on Lyft and Uber drivers operating without the city’s blessing. Citations amounting to...
Directive 10-289: A Threat to Property Rights
“What [government does] is either hurtful or profitless, injurious or ineffectual. It never can bring any useful result.” —Frederic Bastiat The Salt Lake City Council is proposing to increase the scope of government...
Another Public Transit Project Doomed to Failure?
Earlier this year we reported on a proposal by SLC Mayor Becker to further subsidize public transit. In that article, we noted that “those who ride UTA buses pay 15% of the total cost through their fare, whereas those who...