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Dallas is a vibrant, diverse, welcoming, and innovative city, and I’m certain Uber and its employees will flourish here.”

But beyond the math, Dallas and Uber are just a great match. That local law was overridden by a state law passed in 2017 which loosened regulations to a point that the companies deemed acceptable, who then resumed operations in Austin.ĭale Petroskey, the Dallas Regional Chamber CEO, said Uber chose Dallas because of the “depth of innovation and technology talent that is moving to the Dallas region.”ĭallas Mayor Eric Johnson said, “The numbers that make up this investment package add up to a win for Uber Technologies and for the City of Dallas. In the waning weeks of 2015, the Austin City Council passed an ordinance requiring ride-sharing services to implement fingerprint background checks on drivers, which caused Uber (and its competitor Lyft) to steer away from the Texas capital. Due to the shifting nature of the transportation market that Uber largely caused, taxi unions have experienced proverbial road-rage over the competition Uber poses - going so far as to lobby the government to ban or strictly regulate the ride-sharing company, with varying degrees of success.