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

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.