10-21-2016, 08:26 AM
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#2141
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
Ride Please has already failed. Their app is awful, and the pricing is hilariously high.
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I haven't downloaded it yet but this is disappointing to hear.
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10-21-2016, 08:50 AM
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#2142
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
Ride Please has already failed. Their app is awful, and the pricing is hilariously high.
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Failed in Calgary? Website says it hasn't even launched yet.
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10-21-2016, 08:53 AM
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#2143
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Victoria, BC
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It launched on the 15th. Not literally failed... Yet.
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11-17-2016, 10:43 AM
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#2144
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Behind Nikkor Glass
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From an Uber email.
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Good news! The City of Calgary recently proposed changes to its bylaw that, if adopted, could result in Uber returning to Calgary by early December!
We'll keep you posted on any further updates. In the meantime, get ready, get excited, and tell your friends.
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11-17-2016, 10:59 AM
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#2145
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Calgary
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Hurrah!
I'm gonna take this to curling every week so I can properly drink.
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11-17-2016, 07:22 PM
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#2146
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Franchise Player
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If the bylaw changes mean that drivers will need insurance I don't think people are going to be getting the uber they think they are if and when it starts back up
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11-17-2016, 08:10 PM
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#2147
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Franchise Player
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I hear things are imminent with Uber.
The process and wait has been painful, sure, but in the end I think the structure and safeguards for drivers and passengers as well as risk mitigation for the City (and therefore taxpayers) will have been worth it.
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11-17-2016, 08:32 PM
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#2148
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One of the Nine
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iggy_oi
If the bylaw changes mean that drivers will need insurance I don't think people are going to be getting the uber they think they are if and when it starts back up
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The proliferation wont be as fast as last time, but the customers are there, so the drivers will come. I bet the many of the drivers will actually be cabbies that don't own their own plate, and drive a car in the hours the plate holder doesn't want to drive it.
That's the other half of the screw job of the plate system. The drivers that drive cars with plates they don't own. They're paying a percentage to the plate holder. Just like Uber. But with Uber, they can drive as much as they want, and don't have to take the crap hours that the plate holder is willing to share.
I do feel bad for the (you could call it) small business owners that bought expensive plates, that will now be worth a lot less, but that's a few people, while the whole city was getting shafted for 20 years by the big cab company lobby.
Welcome back, Uber!
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11-17-2016, 09:13 PM
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#2149
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Franchise Player
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I was a referring to the likely price hike for the service
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11-28-2016, 10:56 AM
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#2151
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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.@Joe_Magliocca asks where does it stop with Uber? Uber food, alcohol, pets...
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11-28-2016, 11:10 AM
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#2152
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Otto-matic
.@Joe_Magliocca asks where does it stop with Uber? Uber food, alcohol, pets...
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All of that already exists and operates in Calgary. What a bunch of clowns.
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11-28-2016, 11:27 AM
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#2153
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Victoria, BC
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Based on the tweets I'm reading, I think council is about to vote down these changes. Really hope I'm wrong.
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11-28-2016, 11:29 AM
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#2154
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
Based on the tweets I'm reading, I think council is about to vote down these changes. Really hope I'm wrong.
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Are we catering to any individual TNC? asks @RundleRay. City says it's about more options, says "one of the larger TNCS" has requested this
.@StevensonWard3 says at this point, he's happy to release plates, but has issues with the other things on the table.
@StevensonWard3 concerned taxi driver pool will dry up if TNC tweaks approved. City says that's why they should release 222 plates
Too many old timers on CC.
.@EWoolleyWard8 says there's large demand from consumers who want these changes. - He's really pushing for uber.
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11-28-2016, 11:31 AM
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#2155
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Franchise Player
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Passes 11-4
I imagine Uber will be here in days.
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11-28-2016, 11:33 AM
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#2156
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Calgary
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Woohoo!!!!
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11-28-2016, 11:42 AM
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#2157
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Franchise Player
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The breakdown of the vote:
Spoiler for large image size
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11-28-2016, 11:45 AM
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#2158
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Several taxi drivers came to council today. They're not happy about what just happened. #yyccc
Womp womp.
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11-28-2016, 11:47 AM
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#2159
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Franchise Player
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You mean several plate owners. Drivers who rent plates will be quite happy with the change as plate rents should drop to compete with Uber
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11-28-2016, 12:34 PM
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#2160
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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I wish my business got as much protection from competition as taxis did! That would be a pretty sweet deal.
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