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Wait, wait just a minute. I thought a free market meant you were free to charge what you wanted? /sarcasm. This is ridiculous on so many levels, sounds like Ube

Wait, wait just a minute. I thought a free market meant you were free to charge what you wanted? /sarcasm. This is ridiculous on so many levels, sounds like Uber needs to fight back and do a little lobbying of their own. The real issue here is that Uber has proven to be both cheaper, faster and more reliable than any NYC taxi service let alone any taxi service anywhere in the world. Perhaps instead of lobbying maybe these taxi super-lobbyists should be lobbying their own companies to pick up their acts. Then perhaps they wouldn't feel the need to resort to dirty tactics as opposed to doing what they should be doing like most people in business do when they feel threatened by a competitor: undercut the competitors offering. Sounds like they've got plenty of cash to lobby that could be better spent improving NYC taxi services.

rprasad 14y ago
Uber is not a taxi service. It is a car service (i.e., a limousine service). Taxi service: picks up any passenger, off the street, anywhere, without any prior arrangement to do so. The passenger may not have any opportunity to investigate the taxi provider ahead of time, or to choose their taxi (i.e.,at airports or hotels), so regulation is placed on taxi providers for the protection of passengers. Car service: picks up a passenger by virtue of a prior arrangement. In some locations, that arrangement can be be minutes old; in others, the arrangement must be made hours in advance. The passenger has the opportunity to investigate and choose the car service provider, so regulation is significantly reduced.
- DigitalSea 14y ago
  Uber is a taxi service in many ways. Picking someone up to take them to a destination is very much how taxi's work. Fair enough you can't flag down a limousine from a sidewalk, but you can also call and arrange for a taxi to pick you up at an arranged time like Uber and a limousine. Lets not get confused here, the taxi lobbyists wouldn't feel the need to resort to these kind of tactics if they felt like Uber wasn't competition.

rprasad 14y ago

Uber is not a taxi service. It is a car service (i.e., a limousine service). Taxi service: picks up any passenger, off the street, anywhere, without any prior arrangement to do so. The passenger may not have any opportunity to investigate the taxi provider ahead of time, or to choose their taxi (i.e.,at airports or hotels), so regulation is placed on taxi providers for the protection of passengers. Car service: picks up a passenger by virtue of a prior arrangement. In some locations, that arrangement can be be minutes old; in others, the arrangement must be made hours in advance. The passenger has the opportunity to investigate and choose the car service provider, so regulation is significantly reduced.

DigitalSea 14y ago
Uber is a taxi service in many ways. Picking someone up to take them to a destination is very much how taxi's work. Fair enough you can't flag down a limousine from a sidewalk, but you can also call and arrange for a taxi to pick you up at an arranged time like Uber and a limousine. Lets not get confused here, the taxi lobbyists wouldn't feel the need to resort to these kind of tactics if they felt like Uber wasn't competition.