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Why did New Orleans cancel the UBER meeting this morning?
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:31 am
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:31 am
I just finished popping my bag of popcorn only to find out the 10AM City Council Transportation meeting was canceled.
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This post was edited on 7/22/14 at 9:26 am
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:33 am to LSUzealot
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Victims vs Capitalists
This must be about Uber...
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City Council Transportation meeting
Yup.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:41 am to LSUBoo
no Uber in the title, no care apparently
this thing will fall to page 2 real quick.
this thing will fall to page 2 real quick.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:46 am to LSUzealot
Why are you such a hater brah ?
Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:16 am to LSUzealot
Knew this was going to happen. They're just gonna keep kicking the can down the road waiting for a payoff.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:28 am to LSUzealot
Some of the city gov. folks need a little longer to see what kind of "financial" package the cabbie union can offer them.
Still sad that so much of this kind of crap still goes on in city governments.
Still sad that so much of this kind of crap still goes on in city governments.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 10:23 am to notiger1997
Probably doing zero research and just waiting for one of the sides to come up with a package that fills their cousin's pockets
Posted on 7/22/14 at 10:37 am to Hammertime
You would think, with Nagin having just been convicted, they would act right for a bit. But I guess things are so ingrained they just DGAF.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 10:54 am to LSUzealot
NOLA has to be careful with the uber situation. This isn't some crappy college town that needs a service to pick up drunk college kids. Drivers for hire tie directly into the lifeblood of the city. The cab reforms have been met with heated resistance. The city can now leverage the cabbies with the uber service. Let's face it NOLA needs better taxis, hopefully this gets companies complying with new reforms.
We can't rely on some illegal service with part time drivers in this city.
We can't rely on some illegal service with part time drivers in this city.
This post was edited on 7/22/14 at 10:59 am
Posted on 7/22/14 at 10:59 am to TigerWise
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NOLA has to be careful with the uber situation. This isn't some crappy college town that needs a service to pick up drunk college kids. Drivers for hire tie directly into the lifeblood of the city. The cab reforms have been met with heated resistance. The city can now leverage the cabbies with the uber service. Let's face it NOLA needs better taxis, hopefully this gets companies complying with new reforms.
We can't rely on some illegal service with part time drivers in this city.
Like New York, Boston, London, LA, Nashville, etc. that all have flourishing Uber and Lyft?
New Orleans will accept it eventually, I promise. You should probably quit your job and start working for Uber.
This post was edited on 7/22/14 at 11:00 am
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:09 am to TheCaterpillar
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Like New York, Boston, London, LA, Nashville, etc. that all have flourishing Uber and Lyft?
We are a different city.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:10 am to TigerWise
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We are a different city.
You can co-exist is my point. And Uber is so much better than cabs. Its only a matter of time until it is successful in New Orleans.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:10 am to LSUzealot
DickJones doing work
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:11 am to LSUzealot
because the poster "dickjones" started a thread on TD and they really liked his input.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:11 am to LSUzealot
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Why did New Orleans cancel the UBER meeting this morning?
dickjones wasn't available.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:12 am to TheCaterpillar
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You can co-exist is my point.
I would like that.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:13 am to TigerWise
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This isn't some crappy college town that needs a service to pick up drunk college kids.
I know, it's a drunk town on a much larger scale that deserves better cab service
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Drivers for hire tie directly into the lifeblood of the city.
Exactly yet the city wants to rest on its laurels and continue to have shitty cab service even though it means so much to NOLA. Uber is going to make transportation exponentially better
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The cab reforms have been met with heated resistance. The city can now leverage the cabbies with the uber service. Let's face it NOLA needs better taxis, hopefully this gets companies complying with new reforms.
There is not a single reform our government can enforce that will make it better than Uber…end of story…the cabs need to update their old business model.
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We can't rely on some illegal service with part time drivers in this city.
link where Uber is illegally operating? And in NOLA since there is a need for cabs almost 24/7, there won't be an influx of part-timers like BR…there will be many many full-time jobs created…the part you are missing Wise is the taxi MARKET is SEVERELY underutilized in this city…there are MILLIONS & MILLIONS of dollars annually NOT being spent because the service sucks. Both Uber AND the Taxis will be able to survive easily.
The problem with the Taxis is once Uber gets other ride sharing services to enter the market (i.e. Lyft), the market will become saturated and if the taxis have not changed their systems by then, there's a good chance they will go out of business.
And please don't respond with the Taxi's striking…they can't afford to strike for more than 1 day and the impact Uber has on the city is significantly more beneficial than any taxi "strike" that occurs.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:14 am to TigerWise
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I would like that.
But you are anti-Uber. I don't get it.
If I walk out of a bar in New Orleans and there is a cab waiting I will jump in it. If not, I request an Uber which comes in 5 minutes. Cab drivers just know their archaic business model, shitty customer service, and gross vehicles are ripe for some competition to steal some business away.
You and all other pro-cab people are insecure and for good reason.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:15 am to TigerWise
quote:Exactly. We are corrupt and love to let the criminals and greedy politicians continue to kick our arse
We are a different city.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:17 am to LSUzealot
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And please don't respond with the Taxi's striking…they can't afford to strike for more than 1 day and the impact Uber has on the city is significantly more beneficial than any taxi "strike" that occurs.
You guys should definitely strike:
London cabs strike over Uber; Uber sees an 850% increase in signups that same day
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