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.
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Date: 2014-06-18 02:24 pm (UTC)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.