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While aggregated services makes a difference, will it hold for future ? Like, if Uber figures out it is not cost effective to cater to certain areas and stops s
by __Joker 12y ago
While aggregated services makes a difference, will it hold for future ? Like, if Uber figures out it is not cost effective to cater to certain areas and stops servicing them.
- lmm 12y agoUber is willing to adjust its pricing and has the infrastructure to do so in realtime. A taxi driver is rarely unwilling to go to these underserved neighbourhoods point blank - just unwilling to go for the standard NYC (or wherever) per-mile fare. Which is set down in law for good reason, but the result is a market failure. Uber has the capability to just charge 2x the price if you want a ride to a bad neighbourhood, and I'd expect to see them doing that sooner or later. It's clearly worse than what's theoretically legally required (equal service to everyone, cab driver must take you anywhere within the city limits), and it's worse than what you get with the regulated service where I live (in Europe). But it sounds like it might be better than what getting a taxi in the US is like in practice.