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How does this compare to typical taxi corporations? In Europe at least, taxis are often organised into companies, with centralised bookings, and taxi drivers pa
by rich_sasha 10mo ago
How does this compare to typical taxi corporations? In Europe at least, taxis are often organised into companies, with centralised bookings, and taxi drivers paying a cut to the corporation. Here the cut is, based on your numbers, 65%, which does seem very high, but then what do I know.
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- whatever1 10mo agoI believe taxi companies own the license (which is super expensive) as well as the car. They also pay maintenance and gas costs. So 35% cut to just drive equipment is not that bad. The issue with uber/lyft is that you also need to bring your vehicle, pay maintenance, gas, insurance and depreciation. I think that poor guy made less than 15% (assuming an 80 cent per mile cost for the vehicle).
- rich_sasha 10mo agoI believe in Europe taxi drivers typically cover these costs too. Not sure about licensing costs. In that regard, they are more like cooperatives rather than "companies with employees". But I don't know for sure - and probably varies by locale.