Online Appendices for Wolf, Andrew. 2022. “City Power in the Age of Silicon Valley: Evaluating Municipal Regulatory Response to the Entry of Uber to the American City.” City & Community.

Online Appendix 1. Municipal Regulatory Response to TNCs and Driver Protest Data

City	State	Population	Pre-Uber Regulatory Environment	Regulatory Response	Driver Protests	Month TNC Entered
New York	New York	8,622,698	Medallion	Strong	Strong	20
Los Angeles	California	3,999,759	Medallion	Strong	Strong	12
Chicago	Illinois	2,716,450	Medallion	Strong	Strong	6
Houston	Texas	2,312,717	Restricted	Strong	Lobby	35
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,580,863	Medallion	Strong	Strong	43
San Antonio	Texas	1,511,946	Restricted	Strong	Strong	37
San Diego	California	1,419,516	Restricted	Weak	Strong	15
Dallas	Texas	1,341,075	Restricted	Strong	Strong	30
San Jose	California	1,035,317	Restricted	Weak	No	1
Austin	Texas	950,715	Restricted	Strong	Strong	38
Jacksonville	Florida	892,062	Medallion	Strong	No	30
San Francisco	California	884,363	Medallion	Strong	Strong	1
Columbus	Ohio	879,170	Restricted	Medium	Lobby	30
Fort Worth	Texas	874,168	Permit	Weak	Strong	38
Indianapolis	Indiana	863,002	Permit	Weak	No	29
Charlotte	North Carolina	859,035	Permit	Weak	No	30
Seattle	Washington	724,745	Restricted	Strong	Strong	5
Denver	Colorado	704,621	Restricted	Weak	Strong	30
Washington	District of Columbia	693,972	Permit	Weak	Strong	9
Boston	Massachusetts	685,094	Medallion	Strong	Strong	7
El Paso	Texas	683,577	Restricted	Weak	No	39
Detroit	Michigan	673,104	Permit	Strong	Strong	24
Nashville	Tennessee	667,560	Restricted	Medium	Strong	33
Memphis	Tennessee	652,236	Restricted	Strong	Lobby	37
Portland	Oregon	647,805	Restricted	Strong	Strong	45
Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	643,648	Restricted	Medium	No	31
Las Vegas	Nevada	641,676	Medallion	Strong	Strong	43
Louisville	Kentucky	621,349	Permit	Weak	No	37
Baltimore	Maryland	611,648	Permit	Medium	Lobby	22
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	595,351	Restricted	Medium	Strong	35
Fresno	California	527,438	Restricted	Weak	Lobby	45
Sacramento	California	501,901	Restricted	Weak	No	22
Kansas City	Missouri	488,943	Restricted	Strong	Lobby	38
Atlanta	Georgia	486,290	Restricted	Weak	Lobby	17
Long Beach	California	469,450	Restricted	Weak	Lobby	12
Raleigh	North Carolina	464,758	Permit	Weak	Strong	37
Colorado Springs	Colorado	464,474	Restricted	Weak	Lobby	25
Miami	Florida	463,347	Medallion	Strong	Strong	39
Virginia Beach	Virginia	450,435	Restricted	Weak	No	37
Oakland	California	425,195	Medallion	Weak	No	26
Minneapolis	Minnesota	422,331	Restricted	Weak	No	19
Tulsa	Oklahoma	401,800	Permit	Medium	No	36
Arlington	Texas	396,394	Restricted	Weak	Strong	30
New Orleans	Louisiana	393,292	Medallion	Strong	Strong	49
Wichita	Kansas	390,591	Permit	Weak	No	41
Cleveland	Ohio	385,525	Permit	Medium	No	37
Tampa	Florida	385,430	Restricted	Strong	Strong	37
Honolulu	Hawaii	350,395	Restricted	Strong	Lobby	29
Corpus Christi	Texas	325,605	Permit	Strong	No	39
Lexington	Kentucky	321,959	Permit	Weak	No	39
St. Louis	Missouri	308,626	Restricted	Strong	Strong	37
St. Paul	Minnesota	306,621	Permit	Weak	No	19
Cincinnati	Ohio	301,301	Restricted	Medium	Strong	36
Anchorage	Alaska	294,356	Medallion	Strong	Strong	43
Greensboro	North Carolina	290,222	Permit	Weak	No	39
Newark	New Jersey	285,154	Medallion	Strong	Strong	32
Orlando	Florida	280,257	Permit	Strong	Lobby	39
Toledo	Ohio	276,491	Permit	Weak	No	37
Jersey City	New Jersey	270,753	Medallion	Weak	No	32
Durham	North Carolina	267,743	Permit	Weak	No	38
St. Petersburg	Florida	263,255	Permit	Medium	Lobby	37
Laredo	Texas	260,654	Permit	Strong	No	72
Buffalo	New York	258,612	Permit	Weak	No	37
Madison	Wisconsin	255,214	Restricted	Strong	Lobby	36
Lubbock	Texas	253,888	Permit	Medium	Lobby	39
Norfolk	Virginia	244,703	Permit	Weak	No	37
Winston-Salem	North Carolina	244,605	Permit	Weak	No	39
Boise	Idaho	226,570	Permit	Medium	No	43
Baton Rouge	Louisiana	225,374	Permit	Weak	Lobby	40
Des Moines	Iowa	217,521	Restricted	Weak	No	42
Spokane	Washington	217,108	Permit	Medium	Lobby	37
Tacoma	Washington	213,418	Permit	Medium	No	37
Birmingham	Alabama	210,710	Permit	Medium	No	57
Fayetteville	North Carolina	209,889	Permit	Weak	No	39
Rochester	New York	208,046	Permit	Medium	Strong	37
Salt Lake City	Utah	200,544	Permit	Medium	No	37
Amarillo	Texas	199,826	Permit	Weak	No	40
Montgomery	Alabama	199,518	Permit	Weak	No	58

Online Appendix 2. OLS Model Specification

Online Appendix 3. Predicted Probabilities for Select Variables of Their Impact on Cities’ Likelihood of Taking a Strong Regulatory Response (Response = 3) to TNCs for all Models.

City Ideology

Protest

Taxi Jobs Per 1,000

Pre-Uber Environment

Months from Uber Launch