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At what point will there be a cap for drivers? I know uber black has a cap so why not the rest?
Will there ever be a driver cap?
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No driver cap.
Suck it up, Nancy.
Suck it up, Nancy.
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It doesn't cost Uber much to sign up new drivers, and with the number saying "the heck with it", they need constant replacements.
I don't think they would ever put a cap on signing on new drivers.
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First off, don't be a dick. You're the taxi driver that's fighting a losing battle. Secondly, what's gonna happen is sweet sweet capitalism will kick in and several ride sharing apps will pop up. The best one will win not the oldest. I'll personally drive for the gives me a driving guarantee or one that provides a driver cap.
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Actually, you'll probably drive for the one who has the most customers calling in. Otherwise you'll be sitting on your keister staring at the phone wondering when people will be requesting rides.
A driver cap makes it less likely that any ride sharing driver cap will be able to meet the service demands of its customers
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Uber has 0 cost since a driver is not an Uber employee. So why cap the number of drivers? The more drivers on the road the better it is for Uber...the worse it is for Uber drivers since that means less $$$.
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You are basically correct, the cost to Uber is close to zero. They still have processing costs involved, but that is pretty much minimal
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That's an interesting question, and been asked before.
Maybe they should have implemented a strict cap a month before you joined?
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Many cities have limits on the number of taxi licenses they will issue. It's called the medallion system and its one of the things Uber is attempting to destroy.
So by driving for Uber, you're helping to destroy the very thing you want.
LOL
So by driving for Uber, you're helping to destroy the very thing you want.
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Taxi concerns in Pennsylvania also have their fares regulated. They cannot raise or lower fares without permission of the state government.
Uber isn't bound by this, that's part of their entire business plan- frequently and unilaterally changing fares either "across the board" or during "surges" of varying intensities. Cabs can't do that legally.
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Are you sure the state really cares about cab fares? In my experience in Ohio and Kentucky the "cabbie codes" fares and regulations seem to be at the City or municipal level. Covered by local ordinance.
In cities I've driven in , and most other places , cabs are either unregulated, lightly regulated, or medallions are cheap. In some areas one can get a new medallion issued by jumping through some hoops, getting signatures from the public in "underserved" areas etc..
Taxi's in most areas may have self regulated in the past as the vast majority of people didn't want to drive cabs, carry cash at nite, background checks and DUI disqualification, etc. You don't see hardly as many native speaking americans driving cabs as in times past. Always a clue to big cash to be had.
Anyway, if most taxi issues didn't self regulate then, they certainly do now with all the TNC's running around.
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In Pennsylvania, taxi fares are regulated as a public utility by the state's PUC, and they have to go to Harrisburg.
Although, Philadelphia is a different story, as the state's only "1st Class City" it has powers over a lot of activities that the thousands of other cities, boroughs and townships don't have. Taxis might be part of that deal.
The only thing the city of Pittsburgh did, when I signed on to hack was make me pay $10 and get fingerprinted at police headquarters to get my permanent hack license which I still have even though I haven't driven in 20 years
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Huh... no permanent hack licenses here. Every year criminal check, city hall, pv office for picture / child support etc, back to city hall....
Kinda silly for a state government to have a one size fits all, or better yet , determine fares in the many cities in a state. Guess they want in on the campaign donations the city gov't people get to knock up the cab companies for here.
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Yeah TwoFiddyMile, !%^&$# hack scum, molester of collies, menace to the TNC industry and our Capitalist way of life....
You could probably take a minute and point out the stuff wrong with this guys statement, especially the advantage of only working for a TNC company with a (rare) cap when big companies in the same city have no cap .....
But why?
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The state PUC considers requests for taxi fare increases on a case by case basis, not all companies had the exact same fares even here in Pittsburgh.
But this is Pennsylvania, and the state has a Milk Marketing Board in Harrisburg to regulate minimum milk prices for each region of the state. Its just the way we do things here.
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Probably the smartest thing I've read on here. Our views are opposing but the way you put it made a lot of sense.
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