Most of those 200 cabs would soon disappear, because a cabbie cannot keep cabbing if he/she doesn't get fares. I wouldn't be surprised if some folks that own t

Most of those 200 cabs would soon disappear, because a cabbie cannot keep cabbing if he/she doesn't get fares. I wouldn't be surprised if some folks that own taxi companies in your city lobbied the council-people with that social good argument, as a means to maintain an artificial scarcity and keep cab prices up.