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re: Delgado weighs in on the Uber debate....
Posted on 6/25/14 at 1:49 pm to hiltacular
Posted on 6/25/14 at 1:49 pm to hiltacular
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Taxi companies need to adapt and come out with a functioning app that rivals Uber or surpasses it. Until then Uber will reign.
i take it you did not see the hearing yesterday
the cab services were angry that they didn't have an app, and they wanted the city council to make them a fricking app
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Posted on 6/25/14 at 1:50 pm to SlowFlowPro
Any of you guys need a ride from the CBD to the airport right now? Id love to discuss in person so I don't have to type on this smartphone.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 1:50 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
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It also perfectly frames the anti-uber side, sheer laziness and complacency in reaction to changing demand.
you obviously didn't watch the hearings, either
as one cab company owner put it (and i'll paraphrase), "grandma don't even have an ap"
Posted on 6/25/14 at 1:51 pm to SlowFlowPro
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the cab services were angry that they didn't have an app, and they wanted the city council to make them a fricking app
I BEEN WITCH HUNT
Posted on 6/25/14 at 1:52 pm to SlowFlowPro
so it was a shitshow?
Posted on 6/25/14 at 1:53 pm to Displaced
the most important things i learned are
1. apparently after giving your name, when addressing teh council, you have to give your address
2. you should bring 3-4 friends along, have them fill out cards, and then use their time to go longer than anyone else
1. apparently after giving your name, when addressing teh council, you have to give your address
2. you should bring 3-4 friends along, have them fill out cards, and then use their time to go longer than anyone else
Posted on 6/25/14 at 1:56 pm to TigerWise
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Because it will put good hard working taxi drivers out of business. Now anyone can be a taxi driver and it will lower cab drivers wages. It will be the end of the professional taxi driver as we know it.
Boo fricking hoo.
What about all the good hard working american factory workers that lost their jobs because companies found more efficient, cheaper labor overseas?
You can't help but be biased. How can you favor the idea but not Uber itself?
This post was edited on 6/25/14 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:03 pm to bbap
Speaking from the broke college student pov here, this would revolutionize night life in Baton Rouge. I can't tell you how many friends of had drive home drunk because they get tired of sitting on a curb outside a bar at 3 in the morning.
Also this would be an easy, convenient job for anyone, like student with good records, to have an easy profitable side job
What's not to like?
Also this would be an easy, convenient job for anyone, like student with good records, to have an easy profitable side job
What's not to like?
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:06 pm to TigerWise
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It will be the end of the professional taxi driver as we know it.
OH NOOOOO!!!!!!!
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:07 pm to 8thYrSenior
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Also this would be an easy, convenient job for anyone, like student with good records, to have an easy profitable side job
The only problem on the student side is I think Uber drives need to have their insurance in their own name. I am not 100% on how that works. Regardless you could make a weeks pay on Thursday night, cottages to bogies and back 10-3.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:10 pm to SlowFlowPro
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4. uber is (or will be) racist - it won't service the hood and/or poor people can't afford it
Taxis already do this.
As for consumer safety, just have Uber drivers register.
A lot of cab companies are, at the end of the day, out of state.
I think the only legit argument is the economic one. However, Uber is NOT always cheaper than a cab, so that argument falls on its face.
Cab drivers should be upset with their companies, not with Uber.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:13 pm to Dire Wolf
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The only problem on the student side is I think Uber drives need to have their insurance in their own name. I am not 100% on how that works. Regardless you could make a weeks pay on Thursday night, cottages to bogies and back 10-3.
You also have to drive a car that is x amount years old... I want to say it's 3...
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:14 pm to Sophandros
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I think the only legit argument is the economic one. However, Uber is NOT always cheaper than a cab, so that argument falls on its face.
Uber SUVs are almost always more expensive than the taxi equivalent.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:19 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
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It blows my mind that an enterprising cab company hasn't done this. There are probably plenty of unemployed CS graduates who would do it for next to nothing.
The people who own/run those companies don't want to spend any money. That's what it boils down to. Cabbies need to be pissed at the companies for whom they work--companies who take a good chunk out of each of their fares and give them little, if anything, in return.
At least with Uber they have more say. Cabbies should welcome Uber and leave their oppresive cab companies.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:22 pm to Sophandros
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I think the only legit argument is the economic one. However, Uber is NOT always cheaper than a cab, so that argument falls on its face.
no it's not
and it will create a "technology tax" (or gap, if you want to go all dr. strangelove) for those who are not capable of using the tech, but that is a private issue that should be out of the public sphere.
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Cab drivers should be upset with their companies, not with Uber.
well it was the owners bitching yesterday
the most telling was the limo guys bitching about Uber-black, because Uber-black wants to bust their $75 (i believe) min rate for rides (that is legislative in nature, iirc). THAT was a cartel bitching about competition via lower prices
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:22 pm to Sophandros
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At least with Uber they have more say. Cabbies should welcome Uber and leave their oppresive cab companies.
I think the cabbies are terrified of the rating system that comes along with Uber.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:24 pm to hiltacular
I think it's 7. They had a booth setup at a festival here the other weekend and said my 07 Explorer can drive for uberx
This post was edited on 6/25/14 at 2:43 pm
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:38 pm to SlowFlowPro
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and it will create a "technology tax" (or gap, if you want to go all dr. strangelove) for those who are not capable of using the tech
People won't be required to use Uber, and traditional taxis would still exist for people to use them, whether by choice or necessity.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:47 pm to Sophandros
I agree, but that's a common argument for social justice warriors
Posted on 6/25/14 at 2:50 pm to TigerWise
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Because it will put good hard working taxi drivers out of business. Now anyone can be a taxi driver and it will lower cab drivers wages. It will be the end of the professional taxi driver as we know it.
WOW.
dude just leave the thread now. please. for your sake. if you havent already.
This post was edited on 6/25/14 at 2:50 pm
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