And the city doesn’t want you to be able to order up a limo whenever you want: The rewrite, says the addendum, will “require limousine service to be prearranged at least 30 minutes before the service is provided” and establish “minimum limousine fares.” Per a late addition to Wednesday’s meeting agenda, the Dallas City Council is scheduled to vote on a substantial city code rewrite that will redefine everything from who can dispatch a car to who can drive a limo to the cost of a limousine’s off-the-lot sticker price (has to be more than $45,000). It maintains it’s a tech company that just makes it easier for drivers and passengers to connect, which is how, much to the chagrin of cab companies, it has skirted cities’ rules and regulations that steer the car-for-hire business. Sounds like quite the ride, but Uber has always maintained: “Uber is not a transportation provider,” per The Fine Print. Drunk or stuck or just not sure where you are? Fine by Uber, which uses your smartphone’s GPS to track you down, send you the flat rate for getting from Here to There, and dispatch a nearby car-service driver, whose progress you can follow to all the way to the pick-up point.

Uber pulled into Dallas in one year ago, offering residents a ride with a few taps of an app. A possible preview of things to come, courtesy of our neighbors to the north.

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