A federal judge is mulling whether to block proposed legislation that would regulate ride-for-hire services Uber and Lyft and allow them to work around state hackney laws.
At a hearing yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston, lawyers for licensed taxi driver Joseph Pierre of Brockton, Raphael Ophir of Jamaica Plain, and the Boston Taxi Owners Association called for an emergency injunction against the legislation.
They argued it would create a two-tier system which would harm their business by saddling taxi drivers and owners with "oppressive" regulations, but allowing the other services to operate with little oversight.
Under the proposed rules, companies such as Uber and Lyft need to be certified by the state Department of Public Utilities, have insurance and run background checks on drivers, who would be banned if convicted of any of a number of crimes within the prior decade.
"This massive illegal operation puts the public and consumers at risk in many ways," the lawsuit states. "The use of a smartphone app does not change the nature of the business. It does not alter the need for uniform rules for all who engage in it. Use of an app merely provides an alternate means of dispatch and payment."
The lawsuit goes on to say taxi owners went along with the law because the city promised in return that taxi owners and the taxi affiliations and drivers who operate taxis would have the exclusive right to provide ride-for-hire transportation to individual passengers." Judge Nathaniel Gorton has "taken the matter under advisement."
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