TheTigerMaster
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Okay, so the simple solution is to just update the regulations to define Uber as a taxi service and forget about this issue.
Okay, so the simple solution is to just update the regulations to define Uber as a taxi service and forget about this issue.
Okay, so the simple solution is to just update the regulations to define Uber as a taxi service and forget about this issue.
I can't believe someone is proposing more bureaucracy and cost for a new business that seems to be working perfectly.
To serve exactly what purpose, so that Uber price will be increased and therefore taxi drivers could get more business?
I don't get it. if people prefer Uber over taxis, that means the taxis are becoming obsolete, not that there is anything with Uber. Maybe it is the whining taxi drivers who are supposed to find better jobs? Why should their jobs be protected?
Today, I think we'd lean towards 1 -- but the long-term answer is somewhere in between, with a long-term 20 year modernizing of taxi regulations for the modern share economy. Right now we got problems such as taxi license limits that will eventually make Toronto fall behind. There is no easy way for a current taxi company in Toronto to begin a dynamic carpooled taxi service. Either way, it would be equal between all parties.There are two solutions:
1. Apply taxi regulations to Uber
2. Make taxis an unregulated industry
Pick one.
Or the fact that this entire issue can be summarized in one sentence "we have plates that have an artificial value and we feel that society should protect our 'fake' investment"
Gee, when the property bubble bursts and everyone takes a good haircut on their investments, will we be given subsidies from the city? Probably not, neither should cabbies.
Good globe article.The last thing we need is more regulation.
I think the traditional taxi companies should be put out of businesses. I cannot quantify my distaste of taxis.
Uber is great and even Toronto makes it illegal somehow, I'm sure other ridesharing apps will take it's place.
But I'm confident Uber will survive here and elsewhere.
You can't put the Uber genie back in the bottle. Disruptive innovation has already occurred. Now, it's time to deal with in a forward-moving and productive way.
The people I do feel sorry for are the current taxi drivers. It might be possible to arrange a fleet of vehicles they can rent to use as Uber drivers. Of course, they would have to up their driving standards a bit.