"The permit owners say Evans' changes aren't necessary and the system works well as it is."

The system DOES NOT work! I was employed in a visitor industry job last summer. People were always asking us to call a taxi for them. I would call Yellow cab and get put on hold. I would call Checker cab and get put on hold. When you did finally get through to a dispatcher, the taxi was SLOW in coming, if it came at all.

Taxi owners want to limit supply to keep prices high and maintain their duopoly. The assembly should allow Uber and Lyft to operate in Anchorage, as they do in Portland, Seattle, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, etc.