Alan C. Posted June 2, 2015 Posted June 2, 2015 Tech Champion De Blasio Under Fire on Plan to Regulate Uber Apps The mayor’s plan to require Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and other ride-hailing services to get city approval for upgrades to the user interface on smartphone apps -- and to pony up $1,000 each time they do -- has rankled a broad swath of companies, with 27 signing a letter protesting his plan. It’s also raised questions about whether the mayor is siding with taxi and limousine owners who helped finance his 2013 campaign....The mayor says he wants only to protect the public from receiving misleading or inaccurate information about fares.. . .There are now more Uber cars in New York than yellow taxis. The company has 15,000 cars signed up to troll the city’s streets, with drivers responding to mobile apps that automatically transmit a user’s location. By comparison, the TLC says more than 13,000 yellow cabs operate on city streets.
thebeardslastcall Posted June 2, 2015 Posted June 2, 2015 Free market is getting out of hand and people are learning to efficiently get themselves around on their own! Must fix it!
Coogeebay24 Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 This was always, always, always going to happen. Of course the taxi companies can't compete with Uber since they have to pony up ~$1 million upfront to get the medallion. What's really hilarious is that for most instances it's not even a price competiion issue but rather a quality of service issue. Uber is much often more expensive here in NYC than a yellow cab but at rush hour you have the choice of an Uber in 5-10 minutes or walking around for 45 minutes to try to find a cab. Of course DeBlasio has to frame the issue in some bullshit "consumer protection" noise becuase he can't out and out say "Hey New Yorkers...you can't ride in those Uber cars because they didn't pay me for permission to allow you to pay them to drive you places!" By the way...this is a Mayor who has been campaigning hard to raise taxes on the wealthy and despite his sizeable 6 figure plus income and net worth (multi-million park slope apartment)...I paid more taxes at 22 years old then he did. What a guy!!!!
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