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Re:Uber drivers gang up to cause surge pricing, research says by bogomipz on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @12:44PM (#14912150)
>"I think it'd be hard to actually quantify the impact."

You would need Uber/Lyft's help I believe. But I think if you combined the Uber/Lyft data with data that the DOT keeps it would be pretty easy to quantify the impact. I think that was NYC's point as well. But unfortunately the mayor had received money from a taxi lobbying effort which allowed Uber to cry foul and make accusations of protectionism.[1]

One metric used is average travel speed which according to this recent article is down 12% to 8.1 miles compared to 2010[2]

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/nyregion/de-blasio-reaps-b...

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/nyregion/uber-ride-hailin...

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Re:Uber drivers gang up to cause surge pricing, research says by emodendroket on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @04:21PM (#14914231)
Well... what incentive do they have to hand it over?
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Re:Uber drivers gang up to cause surge pricing, research says by bogomipz on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @09:09PM (#14916164)
I would think the incentive would be to play nice with the city and the TLC that regulates the industry. I think they will have to do so eventually anyway.
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Re:Uber drivers gang up to cause surge pricing, research says by emodendroket on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @10:15PM (#14916440)
Yeah but if it's not flattering that might not be worth it.
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