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Taxi service before Ridesharing were pretty atrocious, outside of maybe NYC. I think just destroying the cab cartels was a good enough benefit. As far as trans
by pm90 4y ago
Taxi service before Ridesharing were pretty atrocious, outside of maybe NYC. I think just destroying the cab cartels was a good enough benefit.
As far as transit goes: I suspect this is a more complex question. Transit needs to be planned and built intelligently, and the service needs to be reliable and safe. Most transit systems are not this. Once people have a bad experience on transit, they will immediately look for alternate options, and forever consider transit to be unsafe, ignoring the fact that more people die in vehicular accidents than in transit.
- xenospn 4y agoThe answer is probably better Taxi industry regulation. I remember having to find a Taxi in Los Angeles before Uber, and it was impossible. Surely there is a way to ensure taxis provide a better service without destroying the entire industry.
- kortilla 4y agoOh of course. There are just so many examples where putting more regulations on a failed industry caused a bunch of innovation that fixed the fundamental lack of competition that would drive innovation.