The group also has issues with the timeline laid out by the province, fearing ride-hailing won't bappen until 2020

A coalition of businesses and interest groups advocating for ride-hailing in B.C. is sharing its frustrations

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – It’s a feeling of frustration for a coalition pushing to bring ride-hailing to B.C., one day after the province announced its plan to bring services like Uber and Lyft here.

Claiming the government’s plan lacks certainty, Ian Tostenson with Ridesharing Now for B.C. feels the province’s approach doesn’t line up with how ride-hailing works elsewhere.

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“The [Passenger] Transportation Board is going to determine how many cars are on the road in any particular area at any particular time, which completely defeats the purpose, we think, of ridesharing, which is driven by the consumer, that we need a ride now,” says Tostenson.

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And with Transportation Minister Claire Trevena refusing to rule out a cap on ride-hailing cars, Timothy Burr Jr. with Lyft says that will affect how those services operate — or even if they can be in business here at all.

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“We’re concerned that caps will just be more of the same, that the people in the underserved areas, the people who need ridesharing service today,” says Burr. “If caps are instituted at any point along the way through the regulation process, Lyft and other ridesharing companies and true ridesharing would not be able to operate with those caps in place.”

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Tostenson and his group also have issues with the timeline laid out by the province, fearing we could be waiting until 2020 for ride-hailing — and at that, a variety of the service which could look unfamiliar to what exists in other cities.