"Taxi" shall mean a vehicle operated pursuant to a Taxi or Ramp Taxi Medallion that is legally authorized to pick up passengers within the City with or without prearrangement, of a distinctive color or colors and which is operated at rates per mile or upon a waiting-time basis, or both, as measured by a Taximeter and which is used for the transportation of passengers for hire over and along the public streets, not over a defined route but, as to the route and destination, in accordance with and under the direction of the passenger or person hiring such vehicle.
"as measured by a Taximeter", "for hire over and along the public streets"
Because TCP's are legal in SF, and Uber can prearrange trips in a legal fashion using them, and there's no special law that applies to Uber only, in theory Uber should be able to operate legally.
Technicalities like whether the trips are fully prearranged (pick-up AND drop-off) might come into play, but these are details they could fix.
IANAL, but from what I've seen, If ordering a TCP via the internet is legal, ordering a TCP via the internet using Uber is also legal.
"Taxi" shall mean a vehicle operated pursuant to a Taxi or Ramp Taxi Medallion that is legally authorized to pick up passengers within the City with or without prearrangement, of a distinctive color or colors and which is operated at rates per mile or upon a waiting-time basis, or both, as measured by a Taximeter and which is used for the transportation of passengers for hire over and along the public streets, not over a defined route but, as to the route and destination, in accordance with and under the direction of the passenger or person hiring such vehicle.
"as measured by a Taximeter", "for hire over and along the public streets"
Because TCP's are legal in SF, and Uber can prearrange trips in a legal fashion using them, and there's no special law that applies to Uber only, in theory Uber should be able to operate legally.
Technicalities like whether the trips are fully prearranged (pick-up AND drop-off) might come into play, but these are details they could fix.
IANAL, but from what I've seen, If ordering a TCP via the internet is legal, ordering a TCP via the internet using Uber is also legal.