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That's true if Uber didn't ever exist, or if uber ceased to exist. I think it would be relatively straightforward to have a "local competitor to Uber", perhaps
by rdl 10y ago
That's true if Uber didn't ever exist, or if uber ceased to exist. I think it would be relatively straightforward to have a "local competitor to Uber", perhaps propped up by some stupid local regulation, once the taxi mafia is broken. Austin sort of has this, but not really, now.
- michaelt 10y agoIf you believe the 'taxi mafia' is caused by regulatory capture of local government by taxi operators, in the absence of Uber you might expect local regulation to hinder, rather than help a "local uber"
- linkregister 10y agoIf Uber has done the hard work of lobbying away local taxi regulations, any local competitor can reap the benefits.
- rdl 10y agoIt is going to be much harder to take away ride sharing from consumers who are already using it than to keep it out of a third tier city which doesn't have it and where most of the potential users have never used it before. Austin is an outlier.