Fwd: Re There's no future for taxis': New York yellow cab drivers drowning in debt

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

A large number on the medallions in New York City are owned by two corporations who asked Nyc to pay them for their 
loses!!!!

DJF

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "John R. Levine" <johnl () iecc com>
> Date: October 20, 2017 at 7:06:18 PM EDT
> To: "Bob Hinden" <bob.hinden () gmail com>
> Cc: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re There's no future for taxis': New York yellow cab drivers drowning in debt
>
> > I use Gett a lot when I am in Tel Aviv.  Yes, they are taxi’s, but half the time they don’t know where they are 
> > going and use the app just like Uber/Lyft.  Further, I have hailed taxi’s who didn’t even have a phone, and had no 
> > idea where my hotel was.  Even after having them talk to the hotel on my phone.
>
> All these services vary a lot from one place to another.  Gett in London brings you a real black cab and a driver 
> with The Knowledge.  I have no idea what Gett brings you in New York because every time I tried to set it up, their 
> fraud control freaked out at the idea that one person might have one phone number and credit card in London and a 
> different phone number and credit card in the U.S.
>
> > Taxi’s are going downhill fast.
>
> They were never all that great.  The reason that Uber exists is that San Francisco taxis are awful, and that's 
> because of Proposition K in 1978, which was supposed to protect taxi drivers by limiting medallions to full time 
> drivers but in fact led to a permanent taxi shortage (lots of people want to drive part time) which was the opening 
> that Uber and Lyft leapt into.
>
> Regards,
> John Levine, johnl () iecc com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
> Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly



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