The Awl ran an interesting piece on this [1] which focused more on how disruptive the bagel machine was to the bagel unions. I wonder if people will ever lament the loss of taxis if Uber and its ilk take over.
A major reason why Uber has been successful (in New York at least) has been a deliberate political move to make taxis scarce by limiting taxi medallions which created a shortage of taxis as well as increased fares.
The taxis in New York City have adapted to Uber by installing their own e-hailing app called Arro and they offer an advantage over Uber because there is no "surge pricing."
By simply removing the political limit on taxi medallions in NYC, there will be an increase in the use of taxis because they also have the advantage over Uber in that people can hail taxis with their hand.
The taxis in New York City have adapted to Uber by installing their own e-hailing app called Arro and they offer an advantage over Uber because there is no "surge pricing."
By simply removing the political limit on taxi medallions in NYC, there will be an increase in the use of taxis because they also have the advantage over Uber in that people can hail taxis with their hand.