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>That's not racism, that's just the reality of how you make money as a cab driver. ... under a bureaucratically-controlled pricing structure that ignores reali
by ef4 12y ago
>That's not racism, that's just the reality of how you make money as a cab driver.
... under a bureaucratically-controlled pricing structure that ignores reality by forcing you to price all those routes the same.
- scott_karana 12y agoEven if you could price "poor area" fares lower, how is that helpful as a taxi driver? Cab fares don't scale, so working the same time * lower fare = less wage.
- ef4 12y agoNo, you price more difficult routes higher, so that they can still be served at all.
- scott_karana 12y agoIsn't the problem already that the areas in question are of lower economic means, so it's not reasonable to put subsidized transit into them? I doubt they could afford to pay premium cab fare if they couldn't afford regular buses.
- ef4 12y agoBut they're already paying for these underground transit options. So there's clearly some combination of pricing and shared routes at which customers can afford it and the providers can still make a living.