[identity profile] achinhibitor.livejournal.com 2014-06-18 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Taxi companies do not want to change so they want to have it banned.

As incumbents always do.

But it's also possible that Cambridge has a taxi medallion system, and Uber is essentially destroying the vast amount of money invested in medallions. Certainly Boston has that problem; a large chunk of a taxi fare goes to renting the medallion that allows the taxi to operate.