From the proposal:

“drivers would earn a minimum of approximately $21 per hour while on a trip, including the costs of their average expenses.”

> “drivers would earn a minimum of approximately $21 per hour while on a trip, including the costs of their average expenses.”

"while on a trip", aka "not really $21/hour", because even in extremely dense areas, drivers have downtime between trips, during which they typically have to either drive around aimlessly, find a place to idle/park, or drive to their next pickup.

Is that different from how normal taxi drivers get paid?

> Is that different from how normal taxi drivers get paid?

Yes, but it's not the point - it's misleading to talk about a minimum wage that excludes some time on the job from the denominator.

It's probably calculated to be ~15 an hour net, 15 being the current magic number.