The NDP government is expected to introduce today the Passenger Transportation Amendment Act, the next step to enable ride hailing in B.C. UBC experts are available to comment:
Erez Aloni
Peter A. Allard School of Law
Tel: 604-827-3572
Email: aloni@allard.ubc.ca
Garland Chow
UBC Sauder School of Business
Email: garland.chow@sauder.ubc.ca
- Uber and taxi regulatory issues, and implications for competition and the public
- Appeared before the all-party committee in the legislature as an expert
Patrick Condon
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Tel: 604-788-0747
Email: pcondon@sala.ubc.ca
- Impact on traffic congestion
Larry Frank
School of Community and Regional Planning
School of Population and Public Health
Tel: 604-290-4260
Email: lawrence.frank@ubc.ca
- Travel behaviour and health
- Sustainable transport
Annalisa Meyboom
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Tel: 604-822-6748
Email: ameyboom@sala.ubc.ca
- Future of transportation and effect on urban form
Thomas Ross
Sauder School of Business
Email: tom.ross@sauder.ubc.ca
Tel: 604-822-8478
Chris Rowell
Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604-880-0176
Email: christopher.rowell@sauder.ubc.ca
- Platform business models (such as ride hailing) and how they compete with more traditional organizations
- Power in ride hailing and the exploitation of workers
- How blockchain and artificial intelligence could impact ride hailing
Marc-David Seidel
UBC Sauder School of Business
Email: marc-david.seidel@sauder.ubc.ca
- Impact of ride hailing in Vancouver
- Future of ride hailing with rising popularity of autonomous vehicles and blockchain
