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Re:Chicago taxi industry sliding towards collapse by incongruity on Friday June 09, 2017 @05:03PM (#14524554)
And cities are free to regulate the ride sharing operators or reduce taxi medallion and tax costs to let them come back. The government fees/licensing restrictions are the only significant barrier to entry in the industry. Fix those and Uber/Lyft have competition in days.
Re:Chicago taxi industry sliding towards collapse by xigency on Saturday June 10, 2017 @01:23PM (#14528195)
Funny you should say that. Austin attempted to do this but the Uber and Lyft lobbyists were able to prop up legislation at the state level. Hard to see that happening with a local taxi co.
Re:Chicago taxi industry sliding towards collapse by bitJericho on Friday June 09, 2017 @05:15PM (#14524643)
They do regulate. Uber/Lyft flout the regulations...
Re:Chicago taxi industry sliding towards collapse by incongruity on Friday June 09, 2017 @08:37PM (#14525590)
Minimally in comparison to taxis - and some regulations are obeyed. A good example is the airport agreements in Chicago.
Re:Chicago taxi industry sliding towards collapse by xigency on Saturday June 10, 2017 @01:48PM (#14528298)
Well, Chicago is the city that works. But Uber is a bigger gang than the mob. Should that scare us?

Really, things seem less corrupt now than they did with Daley so maybe there aren't big payoffs by taxis, just laziness from them and the police.