FAN Vote: 6 Proposed Resolutions

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Resolution 2016-01-03: Ride SharingLink to FAN discussion: Ridesharing Resolution

Letter from FAN to City Council:

Friends of Austin Neighborhoods supports ride sharing. Ride sharing is important to Austin families by allowing them to make additional money to help them afford their increasing rents, property taxes, and costs of living. Ride sharing increases public safety by providing alternative transportation that helps prevent drunk driving.

Our neighborhoods can be complete communities, with families and people of all ages and socio-economic backgrounds, and with a variety of employment, goods, services, and transit accessible to all residents.

Additional regulations can discourage Austinites from becoming drivers, which reduces their yearly income and their economic mobility. New regulations should not place additional burdens on drivers. Please support fair and reasonable ride sharing regulations.

This resolution is almost completely different from the version we were discussing.

I’m just curious why we didn’t get to look over the changes before it got sent out to everyone.