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Hm, I'm both impressed and a little cockeyed at the ruling by regulators that e-hails are "pre-arranged travel" for the purpose of defining the service and noti
by 6stringmerc 11y ago
Hm, I'm both impressed and a little cockeyed at the ruling by regulators that e-hails are "pre-arranged travel" for the purpose of defining the service and noting its exemption from needing a medallion.
Oh I get it - that's clearly a distinction to hammer home for the benefit of Uber. As the article points out, one of the competitive advantages Uber has is the rapid pace of pickups in Manhattan - within two minutes. Quite a remarkable achievement in getting the efficiency of "pre-arranged travel" down to less than 120 seconds.
I wonder what the conversations around Melrose Credit Union were like when they decided to, metaphorically speaking, put all their eggs in one basket.
- arantius 11y agoIt's not about amount of time, it's order of operations. Taxi: already on the street, driving around, I try to get flag one down by essentially luck. Pre-arranged: I contact you, tell you where I am, you specifically set out to pick me up. Pre-arranged is exactly how traditional car services have always worked. The fact that improved technology means pre-arranged also can be fast is a good thing.