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Old 11-22-2015, 10:10 AM   #1144
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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll View Post
The biggest challenge and the biggest area that will be exploited, is making it too cost effective for people to do this part time or for the lower Uber rates. If someone wanting to drive for Uber is looking at $10,000 in costs, no one will do it since you probably won't break even.
People are upset at the City for protecting the livelihood of individuals and parties who have invested in Taxi Plates at the expense of road safety at night yet it is okay to reduce road safety to make things feasible for Uber?

Maybe both parties need to improve their game.


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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher View Post
Most people understand that Uber needs to follow some regulations. The reason city hall is getting roasted over this issue is that it has taken them this long to reform and fix the taxi system. They should have fundamentally re-structured the system years ago, instead of waiting until there was a gun to their head. Now they're paying a political price for years and years of foot-dragging. They get no sympathy from me.
Spot on.
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