SAN FRANCISCO: Uber Technologies Inc should be classified as the same type of transportation as limousines and tour busses, a California regulator said on Monday in a proposal that could change how the ride-hailing company is regulated in its home state.
A commissioner for the California Public Utilities Commission, who had been tasked with investigating and formulating a proposal on regulating Uber, said in her proposed decision that the San Francisco-based company should be classified as a charter-party carrier, a transportation category known as TCP.