The debate over controversial new guidelines legalizing Uber will continue today following a marathon meeting of the city’s licensing and standards committee on Thursday.
The committee met until 8 p.m. last night but was only able to hear from about 30 of the 101 people who had registered to speak.
As a result, the meeting will resume at 9:30 a.m. today.
The guidelines, which were released last week, would create a separate licensing class for ridesharing services like Uber while at the same time requiring that drivers undergo background checks, have a vehicle no more than seven years old that is inspected annually and possess automobile liability insurance of at least $2 million.
As well, the guidelines remove or relax many regulations that were previously faced by taxi drivers around training and the types of vehicles that they can use.
If approved by the licensing and standards committee, the guidelines would still have to go before city council as a whole.
