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Black car as a niche possibly, but it was also a very narrow niche. Taxis as a whole I'm not sure how sustainable it was. Taxi drivers weren't exactly rolling i
by yibg 6y ago
Black car as a niche possibly, but it was also a very narrow niche. Taxis as a whole I'm not sure how sustainable it was. Taxi drivers weren't exactly rolling in cash. A lot of the ones I've spoken too were also exploited drivers that rents a medallion from rent seekers and they don't make much more than minimum wage if even minimum wage. Seems to be Uber just opened up the market so that it's more accessible and arguable better quality. So the incentives of hiring a black car is greatly diminished.
If uber and lyft disappears, some of the drivers may go drive black cars sure, but I think most will be driving taxis or looking for work else where.
- lokar 6y agoYeah, from what I have read in most cities the taxi regulator had been captured by non-drivers and was pretty exploitative, and provided really bad service. But I used black cars before Uber, and after. Uber made it more convenient, but at a big cost to the drivers. While breaking the law.
- yibg 6y agoNot just more convenient, but also much more accessible. How many people had access to black cars pre Uber and how long did it take for a car to arrive? But besides that, most uber drives won't become black car drivers if uber disappears. Most probably won't even be taxi drivers. They'll go look for some other work (which is presumably worse, otherwise they'd already be doing it) or just become unemployed.