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Originally Posted by GGG
You mean several plate owners. Drivers who rent plates will be quite happy with the change as plate rents should drop to compete with Uber
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Yep, people are confusing taxi drivers with people who own taxi plates. Taxi drivers will be more than happy to switch over to Uber and I know a couple of guys who are going to Uber when it comes. Rent for taxis haven't come down despite rates going down and it'll be a nice to have a little bit of choice for these guys and the consumers.
There is already a shortage of taxi drivers in Calgary and Uber coming will make that worse. Note: by shortage I don't mean there isn't enough taxis, I mean there isn't enough drivers willing to rent taxis from the owner because of the high cost. So there will be even a bigger shortage when Uber comes and a lot of taxi drivers start driving for Uber so rent will fall and it'll be better for the driver and consumers.