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> Uber's problem is taxi companies have lower overhead because among other thing their drivers sometimes get hailed by people at street level. There is always
by 2_listerine_pls 9y ago
> Uber's problem is taxi companies have lower overhead because among other thing their drivers sometimes get hailed by people at street level.
There is always demand for Uber/Lyft just because there isn't a taxi cab nearby 24/7. How is that difficult to understand?
- emodendroket 9y agoWell, Uber, Lyft, or some other livery service.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> There is always demand for Uber/Lyft just because there isn't a taxi cab nearby 24/7. There's certainly a market for app/phone jailable cabs because there isn't one within street hail range at all times, but regular cabs have been phone hailable forever (it's the only way to get one outside of a few major urban cores) and are increasingly app hailable. Aside from regulatory supply restrictions (flouting which may not be sustainable) there's no real basis for a market for alt-taxis as anything but interchangeable competitors supplying the same substitutable commodity as regular taxis.
- epistasis 9y ago>regular cabs have been phone hailable forever For me, this wasn't particularly true, especially in San Francisco. The dispatch was unreliable and slow. Other areas, sure! Now that the idea of phone-trackable dispatch has become commonplace, regular taxi companies are starting to do this too.
- 2_listerine_pls 9y ago> but regular cabs have been phone hailable forever With Uber you also get know the fare upfront, the time of arrival, no need to tell them your address, there is a driver reputation filter, passenger insurance and it's safer than normal cabs in many countries. Not the same thing as a phone call.