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Interesting how the trade group is pushing for more regulation of uber: Bhairavi Desai, who reps both yellow cab and Uber drivers for the union. Desai wants t
by nissimk 11y ago
Interesting how the trade group is pushing for more regulation of uber:
Bhairavi Desai, who reps both yellow cab and Uber drivers for the union.
Desai wants the TLC to cap the number of Uber drivers allowed to operate in the city, and require the app to give them a minimum fare requirement, as well as a guaranteed number of trips.
- falcolas 11y agoSounds like Uber needs to start hacking politics a bit more if it wants to continue operating. Trying to skirt the law is working less and less for them.
- ubernostrum 11y agoWell, now they're apparently asking to be treated like taxis, but only when being considered a taxi is an advantage: http://sfist.com/2015/06/12/now_that_taxis_have_a_small_advanta.php http://sfist.com/2015/06/12/now_that_taxis_have_a_small_adva...
- vtlynch 11y ago>hacking politics
- nadams 11y ago> as well as a guaranteed number of trips Maybe someone can explain this - Uber or Taxi drivers have no control over the amount of people who request their services.
- ska 11y agoBoth Uber and Taxi companies could control the number of drivers operating in an area at any time, which I suspect is the idea. Oversupply could help response times but hurt the bottom line of drivers so there is an unavoidable compromise to be made.
- srj 11y agoYeah unless you're the person desperate for a ride who can't find a cab. The compromise is absolutely avoidable. Even with today's "oversupply" people are signing up to become uber drivers, so it must be at least somewhat equitable.
- ska 11y agoNo the trade off is fundamental. Various addition or removal of constraints on the market will presumably move the equilibrium in the direction of fewer drivers/higher pay or in more drivers/lower pay, but you can't get rid of it, fundamentally (there are other factors, e.g. rate). I have no position on what would be (more) desirable, I was just trying to expand for the parent - you can adjust the supply more easily than the demand, but the interest of the drivers and of the companies are not cleanly aligned.
- maw 11y agoInteresting how the trade group is pushing for more regulation of uber: Interesting, yes. But not at all surprising. Google for "bootleggers and baptists".
- caseysoftware 11y agoIt's the most common pattern of all. Once someone is a provider in a given industry, it's in their best interest to build barriers behind them. This is the pattern with almost any professional licensing board. The established players join/start the board to "protect the public," then establish guidelines - licenses, required training, insurance bonds, etc - to limit people who want to enter the industry, and then grandfather themselves in. Undertakers, florists, carpenters, etc. In some cases, they might be "protecting the public" but they're protecting themselves in the process. Ref: http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/up-front/posts/2015/01/26-time-to-examine-occupational-licensing-practices-kearney-hershbein-boddy http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/up-front/posts/2015/01/26-tim...