The point of the article isn't that Uber is hurting taxis, but that it's also hurting other forms of public transport, and other startups in that space (such as

The point of the article isn't that Uber is hurting taxis, but that it's also hurting other forms of public transport, and other startups in that space (such as on-demand bus services.) Just because Uber > taxis doesn't mean Uber > everything.