The Boston City Council is diving into the controversy over rideshare companies such as Uber, scheduling a public hearing tomorrow to discuss potential regulations for the services that taxi drivers say have an unfair advantage because they don't have to follow city rules.
"What we want to do is in a public forum give all sides an opportunity to air it out and give us an opportunity to listen," said City Council President Bill Linehan, who requested the hearing, adding that it may not necessarily lead to the council drafting legislation.
The council hearing comes as the mayor's taxi advisory committee continues to try to hammer out new for-hire transportation regulations at the direction of Mayor Martin J. Walsh.
"The mayor's task force and the hearing, I think, are serving complementary purposes," said Councilor Josh Zakim, who is the council representative on the mayor's committee.
The committee has met several times, chairman Chris English said.
"We're at the point where we're getting to the real meat of the discussion," English said.
Uber, Lyft, and taxi industry representatives plan to be at the hearing tomorrow, but taxi drivers are also organizing a protest against Uber earlier in the day.
"It is time to take action against illegal vehicles for hire on the streets of Boston," said Donna Blythe-Shaw, a spokeswoman for the Boston Taxi Drivers Association, in a statement.
Taxi drivers held another rally over the summer, honking and driving circles around Uber's Boston headquarters.
Uber spokesman Taylor Bennett said in a statement the company is open to regulations that allow Uber to operate.
"We'd like to see sensible regulations for all participants in the transportation ecosystem — including both taxi and ridesharing — that promote innovation, and embrace greater opportunity for drivers and more choice for riders," he said.
Over the summer, a public hearing in Cambridge over proposed regulations became heated on both sides, with supporters of Uber and Lyft and taxi drivers crowding into a small basement room to strongly and loudly express support for their respective sides.
Uber has come under fire around the world for what opponents say is an illegal taxi service operating without proper licenses, and was banned entirely in Nevada this week.
Uber also is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging it charges a "fictitious" fee to riders going to and from Logan International Airport.
Earlier this month, an Uber executive was widely criticized for suggesting the company could hire its own journalists to dig into the private lives of reporters who are critical of the service.
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