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It's funny -- except for the seats with holes, I count all of the things that you mention as downsides of traditional taxis among the things I love about travel
by eric_bullington 14y ago
It's funny -- except for the seats with holes, I count all of the things that you mention as downsides of traditional taxis among the things I love about traveling by taxi and other public transport through Asia, Africa, and yes, New York and DC.
- 3143 14y agoYes, who wouldn't count aspergillosis as an upside of taxis? If I don't have enough fever and lung bleeding, I'm just not happy.
- mathgladiator 14y agoThen, by all means, continue to use the taxi system. I find it shameful that there is a defacto-forced monopoly. Another comment hand a link to DC's taxi system about illegal taxis. It seems strange to me that we have regulations on something that... isn't a limited resource. I can understand enabling regulations for limited resources like electrics or water, but transportation? I'm... boggled to think what benefit comes from a regulated taxi system beyond customer safety? Sure, we should have a registered driver and some customer protection laws, but... a monopoly? I like the idea of competition to deliver a diversity of goods to a diverse set of markets. I'm glad for Uber because it's changing the game and stirring the status-quo. Sure, it's more expensive, but's it raising the industry which will cut into the regular taxi's margins. I'm optimistic that taxi's average quality will improve to steal away some of Uber's customers.