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Originally Posted by Iggy City
I'd argue that this discussion would carry on for another 10 years if it wasn't for Uber forcing their hand.
The taxi industry in this city is incompetent and unwilling to change. Don't you think it says something when the vast majority of users on this thread are willing to use Uber even though it's "technically illegal"?
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I wholeheartedly agree.
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Originally Posted by Bunk
Regardless of one's feelings on the taxi industry as it stands or what reform has or hasn't happened, where is Uber's responsibility in this situation related to ride-sharing services? The City can't force Uber to do what it needs to do.
It seems very clear the City and the Mayor have been very open to enabling and the ball has been in Uber's court, no?
Naheed Nenshi @nenshi
@99spru @fusiliyyc well, Uber has known for many months what they need to do to fix. They are working on it, but chose to launch before done
Naheed Nenshi @nenshi 10h10 hours ago
@MoUsEsVloG uber has had years to solve the insurance gap that they are aware of and have been working on. They have not finished yet.
Again, I wouldn't dispute not enough has been done fast enough to fix the broken taxi system. It's not an easy knot to untangle due to the generations of layers of bad regulation, equity that's been created from a flawed licensing system (and therefore extremely expensive to dismantle buying out licences), etc.
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I've got to call BS.
Uber works in hundreds of Cities around the world with few to no issues, what makes Calgary the special snowflake?
I think the City has been continuously moving the goalposts as it suits them in order to do the same thing they've been doing for the past 20 years:
Trying to cling tooth and nail to their lucratively extortionist Taxi License system by any and all means necessary.
I'm with Iggy City, eventually a competing service came in and instead of trying to meet constantly fluctuating standards said: "Here we are, deal with it."
Easier to ask forgiveness than permission. They were never, ever going to be 'approved' until they forced the issue.