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Re:Understanding Uber: It's Not About the App by Nursie on Monday September 25, 2017 @09:26AM (#15330231)
Right, so you don't like Black Cabs. That doesn't answer my question. The choice isn't Uber or Black Cabs. It's London with Uber or London without Uber.

How are cabs even relevant at all to the point your original post brings up?

"Indeed if TfL have any kind of ulterior motive for their actions, it is simply that they dislike the impact Uber are having on congestion within the capital"

I.E. Uber is adding a mass of cars to the street and worsening congestion, likely by offering cheaper fares and tempting people off busses and the tube.

Surely Black Cabs aren't relevant to that point?

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Re:Understanding Uber: It's Not About the App by rahimnathwani on Monday September 25, 2017 @09:57AM (#15330481)
"Surely Black Cabs aren't relevant to that point?"

They're totally relevant: the way that black cabs are regulated is evidence that limiting congestion isn't TfL's primary motivation here.

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Re:Understanding Uber: It's Not About the App by Nursie on Monday September 25, 2017 @10:11AM (#15330621)
You've got an argument as to why one Uber car is less congestion-causing than one black cab, because of these regulations. And a list of reasons you don't like black cabs.

What you haven't got is evidence that Uber, by making cab travel cheaper, aren't making things a whole lot worse.

Black cabs are a distraction in this argument. It's Uber vs not-Uber. Trying to frame it as purely a protectionist matter is misleading.

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Re:Understanding Uber: It's Not About the App by untog on Monday September 25, 2017 @10:34AM (#15330807)
And to add to that, it’s only Uber, not app-hailed minicabs as a whole.

If TfL were banning all minicabs then I could see how a conversation vs black cabs would make sense. But this is just one operator that has flouted regulations other app-based companies have not. They will be more than able to fill the void left by Uber.

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Re:Understanding Uber: It's Not About the App by monkeyprojects on Monday September 25, 2017 @09:56AM (#15330474)
Uber seem to be pushing the Black Cab issue here... A organisation that makes money from Uber was very quick to claim that the issue was due to TfL being pressurised by Black Cabs so I half expect it to be in Uber's briefing note pack...
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