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> 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 ser

• ska 11y ago
  Both 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 ago
    Yeah 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 ago
      No 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.