[forgotmylogin2]

I'm not sure what the Uber/Lyft apps look like from the driver perspective currently, but they could theoretically be made to accept those parameters. For example, the app could show drivers a list of nearby requested rides (pickup and dropoff), have the drivers bid on each ride, and grant the ride to the driver who bids the lowest (or let the rider pick).

If ride-sharing apps switched to such a system would it then satisfy you to declare drivers contractors?

I'd expect Uber and Lyft could easily implement a system to do just that, but I'm not sure it would make the situation any better for riders or drivers. Riders would now have to wait longer to get a ride and drivers would have to be constantly typing bids into the app to try to win their next trip. It's not obvious to me that this would alter driver compensation in any meaningful way.

[dangus]

In theory Lyft and Uber could also hire drivers as employees and provide healthcare and retirement benefits, too.