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re: Taxi rides in Chicago have dropped 52% since January of 2014, taxi driver incomes down 40%
Posted on 6/18/17 at 3:44 pm to Kujo
Posted on 6/18/17 at 3:44 pm to Kujo
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You are demonizing an industry for the affects of the regulations imposed upon them.
Again, the taxi drivers WANTED those regulations. It's absolutely their own fault that they're in this situation. Making Uber/Lyft more like taxis for the sake of fairness is an awful idea.
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Posted on 6/18/17 at 3:44 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Austin has plenty of clean green colored taxis. It just makes a better ride not being in a beat up piece of junk.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 3:44 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Cab driver wanted to charge me and 3 of my friends $80 to go from downtown to Metairie. With uber it's like $25 for the same distance and amount of ppl. frick cab companies.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 3:47 pm to Kujo
quote:Well, in the case of taxis, it is the fault of taxi unions themselves.
Question: was it the restaurants "fault" reservations were 6 months and food quality was lacking for the price or is it the governments fault for limiting the industry?
The public had nothing to do with it.
They demanded these regulations. They pushed for limiting the number of texis, not the public.
It has simply come back to bite them in the arse.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 3:50 pm to Scruffy
The taxi mafia deserves what it gets.
Uber works and will continue to do so if the politicians keep their greasy paws out of it and just let the citizens make free choices in the market.
Uber works and will continue to do so if the politicians keep their greasy paws out of it and just let the citizens make free choices in the market.
This post was edited on 6/18/17 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 6/18/17 at 3:53 pm to Bullfrog
Uber sucks. Use Lyft.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 3:54 pm to Mo Jeaux
I find it varies from city to city
Posted on 6/18/17 at 3:55 pm to TheIndulger
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Uber is a scam for drivers.
There are cities where Uber can be a full time job and you make a good living.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 3:56 pm to sealawyer
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in Lafayette it took a fricking hour for a cab to show up, if it showed up at all. New Orleans is worse. Uber is prompt, cheap, and you don't have drivers taking you all over creation to run up the fare. This has absolutely nothing to do with being hip or racist. The service is just better.
Boom, roasted
Posted on 6/18/17 at 4:02 pm to The Boat
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The solar industry employs more people than the entire U.S. coal and gas industry.
Prove it
BTW I've read the stupid fortune article that's comparing apples to oranges, the entire solar industry in the United States only outnumbers "fossil fuel power plant jobs" it's propaganda.
This post was edited on 6/18/17 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 6/18/17 at 4:03 pm to Hoops
The US has the biggest coal reserves in the world. Why would we not tap into that and save other resources that aren't as abundant.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 4:07 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Uber/Lyft are modern day Nazis
Posted on 6/18/17 at 4:15 pm to TigerWise
So you're saying if your Jewish, don't bother? You make no sense at all.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 4:15 pm to Scruffy
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They demanded these regulations.
pretty sure hes refrencing the insurance cabs are required to own to carry passengers
as far as i know, this isnt enforced with an uber/lyft
Posted on 6/18/17 at 4:17 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I bet there was a similar crash in horse drawn carriage income when the vehicle was invented.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 4:22 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Unfortunate there are still goobers out there in places like Austin that are upset about it.
Austin has 2 other ride services that replaced Uber and Lyft.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 4:34 pm to jdeval1
Uber used to be a no-tip service until people started tipping anyway and fricked it all up
Posted on 6/18/17 at 4:50 pm to Kujo
I don't think you understand how any of this works.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 5:17 pm to TheIndulger
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Uber is a scam for drivers. The model is built on cheap rides for people and delayed operating costs for drivers when their cars everntually break down. I can see why taxi companies are pissed.
If this is true then eventually drivers will quit Uber or the rates will increase, the market will correct itself over time. The taxi companies are only pissed because they lost their monopoly and have to compete with a better service.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 6:42 pm to DaBike
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Austin has 2 other ride services that replaced Uber and Lyft.
And government officials promptly had egg on their face the moment these inferior imitations promptly experienced server crashes during high demand downtown events. Uber and Lyft will now be back.
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