Other cities take an even harder line. In St. Louis, the Metropolitan Taxicab Commission will allow Uber to operate only if its drivers submit to city-regulated background checks and keep their fingerprints on file with the city. Uber has rejected these conditions and filed a federal lawsuit for "anticompetitive conduct," claiming that the "MTC functions as a cartel." And the city of Las Vegas this month could approve its own semi-annual $50 business license fee for ride-sharing drivers -- on top of the state and county fees. These cities mistakenly treat ride-sharing companies like just another taxi service, but Uber and Lyft are not your father's cab company. It's unfortunate that the Clark County Commission and the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority have seized on the popularity of Uber and Lyft to impose higher fees. Taxis have little to show for the decades-long monopoly they've enjoyed; it doesn't make sense for cities to subsidize them now.