I think that's a very underestimated reason for why taxis and Uber alike are hated by many. There is an artificial medallion shortage, sure, but I'm in the same

I think that's a very underestimated reason for why taxis and Uber alike are hated by many. There is an artificial medallion shortage, sure, but I'm in the same bucket as skosuri and think that code enforcement would solve a lot of problems. I think that even forcing Uber et al to participate in some of the codes - or creating new ones for rideshare services - would be great. Stuff like working with local paratransit services, 24/7 availability with decent coverage, choices that are more like "I have a wheelchair/need a ramp or lots of luggage" vs luxury or not (uber SUVs are occasionally super hard to come by!) and a standardized, routinely enforced safety program for vehicles and drivers alike. Then the argument for overhauling taxi medallions and restrictive rideshare laws wouldn't be sidelined so often by stories of shitty uber drivers/practices and bad taxis alike. I also feel that everyone would benefit from this kind of government regulation _if done well_, because if left alone with little enforcement and only free market choices to influence business decisions, nobody would want to deal with servicing half of San Francisco, or folks with disabilities. Like your story of getting to SJC from Fremont - have you tried to catch an Uber on the east side of the Bay Area when you're not in downtown Oakland or near airports? It takes forever and a half even during the day. It's easier to just walk/use AC Transit to a BART station or wait and call for a regular cab five times than it is to wait for an Uber from OAK or worse for me, even though there were a whole bunch of times where I _wanted_ to pay for an Uber from Hayward to SF multiple times in a week (read: BART strike).