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That organization isn't intrinsic to Uber or a taxi system though. In Berlin there's a popular app called MyTaxi that's used by taxi drivers and end-users whic
by wheels 12y ago
That organization isn't intrinsic to Uber or a taxi system though.
In Berlin there's a popular app called MyTaxi that's used by taxi drivers and end-users which builds all of that on top of the city's licensed cabs. (It exists in other cities as well, though I can't speak for it there.) You can order, pay, tip, estimate costs, see them approaching, review and make a call to your driver from within the app.
From that perspective I think it's just a missed opportunity to have built some of those features on top of existing taxi systems.
- humanrebar 12y ago> From that perspective I think it's just a missed opportunity to have built some of those features on top of existing taxi systems. There's no incentive to implement that sort of innovation. The prices and number of cabs are both more-or-less set. The medallions are fairly well utilized and the revenues have a hard ceiling, so there's not enough incentive to scale up or introduce new business models.