Will Uber and Lyft learn anything from their defeat in Austin?

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By Ben AdlerMay 12, 2016, 2:20 am86 pts
On Saturday, voters in Austin, Texas, handed a stinging defeat to the major ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft. The corporations had drafted a ballot proposition exempting them from some of the public safety rules governing taxis in the city and then thrown an unprecedented amount of money and clout into…

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