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Originally Posted by Slava
I do agree that the Uber policy is questionable, and I haven't done any major research into its effectiveness or anything like that. I just get the impression that the City (which has known for a number of years that Uber wanted to operate here), has done nothing, and this is a convenient explanation.
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I would say, reading on Uber history with other cities that there is nothing that Calgary could do to satisfy Uber other than to allow them to do whatever they want. Uber typically comes into a city, then sees how much the city pushes back. So currently you have cities with virtually no regulation of Uber, cities with some regulation and licensing requirements and a city like New York where all Uber drivers are licensed, their vehicles are licensed and they all carry commercial insurance (very little difference with yellow cabs).
Edmonton's pointed to as an example for Calgary but yet that only came about after Uber started operation months earlier and even now Uber says its not satisfied with the proposed bylaws.