{"id":72790,"date":"2016-03-19T11:12:01","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T15:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=72790"},"modified":"2016-03-19T11:34:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-19T15:34:38","slug":"uber-balks-rules-proposed-worlds-busiest-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/03\/19\/uber-balks-rules-proposed-worlds-busiest-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber balks at rules proposed by world\u2019s busiest airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48894\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_271665851.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48894\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48894\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_271665851.jpg\" alt=\"(ShutterStock image)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_271665851.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_271665851-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_271665851-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(ShutterStock image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Atlanta\u2019s airport \u2013 the world\u2019s busiest \u2013 is insisting that Uber drivers get fingerprint-based background checks to pick up passengers, but the ride-sharing service is balking at the proposed rule.<\/p>\n<p>Officials at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport this month said they were moving toward allowing Uber and other ride-sharing services \u2013 a reversal of a ban on such services from curbside pickup.<\/p>\n<p>The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (bit.ly\/1Wvj1WN) reports that Uber immediately objected.<\/p>\n<p>The San Francisco-based company said it would not be possible for Uber to provide reliable and efficient service at Atlanta\u2019s airport under the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Uber also said the proposal is out of step with operating agreements it has with dozens of other U.S. airports.<\/p>\n<p>Airport General Manager Miguel Southwell says fingerprint background checks promote safety and should be welcomed.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Information from: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\">http:\/\/www.ajc.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta\u2019s airport \u2013 the world\u2019s busiest \u2013 is insisting that Uber drivers get fingerprint-based background checks to pick up passengers, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":48894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[1080],"class_list":["post-72790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel","tag-ap","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}