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Originally Posted by jollyburger
Well it has nothing to do with how to implement ride sharing, it's how do we neuter it for the benefit of the taxi industry.
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Recent experience in Montreal.
Trip #1 - Arrive at airport, the Taxi drivers are trying intimate uber drivers and a staging a strike. Wait in line for 1.5 hours for a taxi (due to their strike). The taxi driver speaks marginal english, turns onto an off-ramp onto a highway, realities his mistake backs out. Thankfully it is 10:00 at night and not a lot of traffic. Gets lost getting to the Hotel. Finally gets to the hotel. Driver does not help take the bags out of the car. Around $40.
Trip #1 Return - I use Uber. Arrives as planned, driver is polite, speaks french and ok with English. Make small talk. Helps put the bags in and take them out car. Unlike the cab driver, knows where he is going, there is an uber app providing directions. Around $30.
Trip #2 - Uber both ways. Why not, the service is better and driving skills are better. Helps get the bags in, makes small talk, says thank you. The car is cleaner than the taxi. Great service.
It is time to move into the modern age. Bring Uber to Vancouver.
Lets face reality, uber's long-term goal is for a driver less car. I would say they are a few years out, but only a few years.