- If it can be achieved via such a simple change, then why wasn't it?
- Medallions and gig economy have vastly different incentive models, which tie very deeply with coverage and supply volume
- What of the countless anecdotes of taxi no-shows even after rideshare became prevalent?
- In most markets, it took a multinational giant burning through billions of dollars to get competitors to start playing catch up technology-wise
- etc
I'm not sure to what extent we can infer a correlation between the app-based aspect and DUIs there.
Though to be clear, I do think the app-based aspect plays a role. It's just that when I say "rideshare", I assume we are talking about the whole package as it exists in reality, as opposed to dissecting what aspects of Uber affect what types of statistics.
It's a weak argument if you move from "people will die, to say nothing of the impact to the economy" — presumably, of using a different taxi app?
The strict adhesion to economics you're proposing would say a new marketing clearing price would be reached, not start making alarmist overstatements about what higher prices could imply