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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
Why is it that a company has to come and kiss the brass ring to set up shop here in Calgary? It goes to prove the existing laws are far too restrictive. As I said in the other thread, any politician that doesn't support essentially what Table 5 proposed above won't get my vote come election time.
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An Uber update from Brisbane (I also signed the Calgary petition to help you guys out);
I use Uber almost exclusively as it's only banned in Brisbane for airport pickups (a lucrative $55-65 to my house)...it's been a fantastic experience so far. The cars are clean, the drivers are friendly as their ratings depend on it and the fares are 30% cheaper on regular fares and 5-10% cheaper during the latest "surge" period. On average I take 4cabs a week.
An interesting note is that Uber gets rid of "bad drivers" with low ratings; they use a 5-star system, the driver I had was a 4.93 and he was telling me the current cut-off is at 4.625. He'd personally done 700+ trips and enjoyed it more than working as a regular cabbie since he had better hours and made more money.
Seems like the best of both worlds for both sides. Hopefully Calgary gets their act together soon. Calgarians deserve the best.