re: NOLA City Council Transportation to discuss Uber in open meeting tomorrow AM.

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Having clean water is such a shite show.

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bottled water is so dangerous

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Sophandros posts like the people on the poli board who say they are conservative but support anything liberal

Was anyone else at the meeting? I was the guy with the Saints hat and LSU Law polo.

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This is the problem IMO. The inventory of cab drivers and cabs in this city are against uber. These guys were fighting the City's new regulations to have newer vehicles, cameras, GPS, etc. two years ago before uber talks.

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Of course they're against it. That doesn't make it right, it makes them content with providing shitty service.

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Now they are just going to jump on board with and outside middle man that will still require all the same equipment ? I think you could see these crazy cabbies strike and riot right in the middle of a high traffic time of year.

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At which point Uber would have been handed 100% marketshare? That would be like them getting up from the table and leaving their chips. The fastest way to improve cab service in Nola is to force them to compete with Uber, not regulation. There will still be demand for cabs in certain areas of the city, for people who simply prefer to lift their arm at the nearest one rather than browse the app.

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At which point Uber would have been handed 100% marketshare?

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With no cabs or drivers

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guess i dont know much about uber. thought people used their own vehicle.

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Yes, but all the cab drivers are on strike in protest of uber.

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However, I think that most of the pro-Uber arguments in this thread (I've read about half of it) are very poor.

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Thing is, there shouldn't need to be any "pro-Uber" arguments. It's a free country, so the assumption is Uber can do what it wants. If the anti-Uber folks want to keep them out, it's their job to show a damn good reason why. They don't have one; at least, they don't have one that isn't 100% self-serving economic protectionism.

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They don't have drivers or vehicles just the middle man.

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Do people not sign up to be in their network?

Yeah you lost me. Bottom line is if the cab drivers wanted to strike i'd say be my guest if i was a nola resident.

Striking because you actually have to face competition (superior competition at that). Yeah you do that and see how it works out for you.