Normal looks to approve agreement to regulate Uber

Posted on June 15, 2015

By Adam Studzinski

NORMAL – The Normal Town Council plans to vote Monday on authorizing an inter-governmental agreement with the City of Bloomington for the regulation of transportation networks, such as Uber.

Bloomington recently approved a new ordinance allowing these networks to operate legally. Normal City Attorney Brian Day said the two cities have had this type of agreement since 1979.

“The City of Bloomington performs all the primary regulations for drivers-for-hire,” said Day. “This is the taxi cabs, the shuttles, and now it’ll include the transportation network companies.”

Day said the idea is to have one set of regulations between the two cities.

“So that drivers crossing between the two communities aren’t subject to different regulations or licensing requirements,” he said.

Day believed the regulations are a good balance between keeping the public safe and encouraging more companies to come to the Twin Cities.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].

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