Law would require Uber to pay a nickel for every ride to help the taxi industry
But the idea that the companies should pay an assessment that will in part assist their competition caught the attention of the libertarian think tank R Street Institute, which supports light-touch laws that allow Uber and Lyft to operate more or less as they have been. In a write-up of the Massachusetts bill, R Street senior fellow R.J. Lehmann had a generally positive take on the bill, but took aim at the taxi-assistance fund.
