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Austin was doing fine with the competitors until the Texas State Govt. passed a law overriding city regulations. I think that was a huge mistake. We were doing
by pm90 9y ago
Austin was doing fine with the competitors until the Texas State Govt. passed a law overriding city regulations. I think that was a huge mistake. We were doing fine with the competitors, and I would have continued to use them despite them being slightly more expensive, if only in spite at Uber's actions.
- enraged_camel 9y agoThis is a very common trend in Texas. Big cities, especially Austin, are liberal, whereas the state government is conservative. So the latter will do anything it can to spite and annoy the cities. The Uber debacle was just one example.
- pm90 9y agoI don't know why you are being downvoted, this is exactly what is going on. Texas republicans seem like trolls to me, always trying to use their power in the State Houses to annoy and infuriate their more Urban constituents. DJT didn't win by a huge margin in Texas though so I'm hoping that pretty soon these clowns will get kicked out and we will have responsible representatives. Meanwhile, their asinine antics are having a very real effect on the economy of Texas: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/opinion/sunday/texas-unemployment-businesses.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/opinion/sunday/texas-unem...
- asabjorn 9y agoI tried the ride sharing alternatives in Austin at SXSW this year and it was back to the bad old days of unreliable transport. For instance, the taxi that was supposed to pick me up arrived in 40 minutes and also picked up someone else so I had to request another one.
- pm90 9y agoThere are ride-sharing alternatives like Fasten, RideAustin. I will concede that they are more expensive and unreliable during heavy traffic times (weekend nights).