Regulation

How Ridesharing Helps the Poor and Disabled

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 22, 2016

Earlier this week, I used Uber to get a ride in downtown Philadelphia. Curious, I asked my driver how long he’d been driving for Uber. “Two years,” he told me,…

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Regulation

PPA Picks Cartels over Consumers

  • Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
  • January 29, 2016

Jon Brennan’s Audi S4 was impounded by Philadelphia police because he’s an UberX driver. Emails uncovered by the Philadelphia Inquirer reveal that the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) has thrown…

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Regulation

Ridesharing Freedom En Route to Pennsylvania

  • James Paul
  • August 28, 2015

Uber and Lyft provide inexpensive rides to customers across the country despite numerous regulatory hurdles—chief among them the Philadelphia Parking Authority, which has previously thwarted the businesses from…

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Government Accountability

Perzel’s Parking Authority

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 30, 2008

Here is a funny video in which “Manatee” declares his desire to run the Philadelphia Parking Authority, so that he can work as little as possible, hire all his…

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Government Accountability

Philadelphia Parking Authority to face scrutiny

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 3, 2008

One the most wasteful, patronage-ridden, and shady government entities – the Philadelphia Parking Authority – will face investigation into its practices, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Like many other agencies…

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