​No Uber or Lyft at SXSW, what's a techie to do?

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Austin is also one of the few cities to require fingerprint background checks for Uber and Lyft drivers, which caused the two companies to halt operations there last May. "Taxi line at the airport is roughly 100 yards long," tweeted Tropo technical marketing manager Adam Kalsey. "I dont understand why Austinites insist on either downplaying or blaming @Uber @Lyft," tweeted venture capitalist Aziz Gilani. Uber and Lyft opted to shut down their services in Austin last May after losing a vote over required fingerprint background checks for drivers. Voters in the Texas capital rejected Proposition 1, a measure that would have exempted drivers from required fingerprinting as part of their background checks.

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