Lexington city leaders continue look for ways to help ride sharing app firms and traditional taxi companies share the road. City officials are awaiting action on state regulation pertaining to the relatively new ride sharing businesses. Council member George Meyers believes it's important to strike a fair balance. "We as a government have to be flexible enough to make it all work because we don't want to shut anybody out of the marketplace or disadvantage our community when you look at what other cities are doing as opposed to what we might do," said Meyers.
The Council's Public Safety Committee Tuesday got an update from the law department. Council member Kevin Stinnett is concerned about short-term enforcement. "Who is enforcing the current ordinance and are we enforcing it equally across the board for everyone who's acting? Since our law department has already said in the capacity of a taxi cab, who is enforcing it?" said Stinnett.
Council expects a discussion about enforcement of ride sharing companies in January. ?
