Well, that was schnell. The five Uber service bases suspended Tuesday by the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission are already back up and running. An administrative tribunal ordered the bases—named Weiter, Hinter, Schmecken, Danach-NY and Unter—to cease operations and pay $200 fines for defying a city request to hand over months' worth of trip data. Uber has not cooperated with the tribunal's decision but can reopen the bases while appealing it. On Wednesday, a TLC spokesman told Crain's that he expected Uber to appeal the ruling and bring the bases back on line. The reopening was reported Thursday morning by various sources. The move appeared to validate statements made Wednesday by former TLC Commissioner Matthew Daus that the penalties levied against Uber were a "toothless tiger"—minuscule fines for a company valued at $40 billion that will do nothing to force the startup to comply with city regulations. "The only way to go after them is to go after the drivers," Mr. Daus said.