Re: <nettime> Uber Blues

[Morlock Elloi <morlockelloi@gmail.com>]

Taking an app-car ride is materially participating in the crime of 
destructing the urban transportation infrastructure by the good old 
price dumping. This crime (on the books) is not being prosecuted because 
the politicians have been paid off - ask any transportation 
professional. App car systems would have to charge at least twice as 
much as they do to get out of red.

In the meantime, they make traffic worse and undermine funding of the 
public transportation (which was the plan):

http://www.mapc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Fare-Choices-MAPC.pdf
http://schallerconsult.com/rideservices/unsustainable.pdf

Outlawing these requires some structural changes in the society, which 
will not happen. Back to the emotion of the day ... who are we in the 
war with now?


> Uber & clones should simply be outlawed. No compromise.

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