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Originally Posted by Wormius
I understand Calgary has a pretty bad taxi situation, but what about the rest of the cities around the world where Uber thrives? Are those taxi institutions broken as well? NYC, London, etc? Even if Calgary had a perfectly working taxi industry, what would set that apart from the other cities where Uber infiltrated? It seems like even having a well-functioning system wouldn't make much difference.
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It's market economics - clearly there is enough demand to warrant additional supply. I would be curious to see the stats for NYC - is Uber generating new rides or cutting taxi grass?