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Introducing UberLETTERS (uber.com)
3 points by ben1040 on July 6, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


Backstory: St Louis is the one of the largest US markets in the country that doesn't have UberX.

By state law, 4 of the 9 members sitting on the taxi commission must be taxi fleet owners, and at least one driver. The current sitting chairman of the taxi commission is a notorious professional lobbyist.

The taxi commission has decided that while they typically accept emailed comments on matters before the commission, they will only accept actual written letters or faxes for public comment regarding UberX. So now Uber is offering to hand-deliver letters.


I wonder if this is a way to beta test a package delivery service without arousing suspicion?


In the future they will be picking up petitions, not letters. Something with some real legal weight. Mark my words.




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