Uber: Chauffeur license mandate would nix airport pickups
Posted October 22, 2015 11:00 pm
A ride-hailing giant whose investors include the mayor's brother warned last week that it would be "unable" to make pickups at O'Hare and Midway Airports if aldermen forge ahead with a plan to require ride-hailing drivers serving the airports to get chauffeur licenses.
"We don't offer this service under those excessive mandates at airports anywhere in the country. The reason is, it would disproportionately hit the driver," said Brooke Anderson, a spokeswoman for Uber Technologies.
Paltry driver participation would not be enough to justify the technology investment that Uber would be required to make to tailor its app to facilitate airport pickups, Anderson said.
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