[jpatokal]

As a former Helsinkian, I'm rather surprised to see the label "future of urban travel" applied to a city that has banned all forms of Uber-style ride-sharing due to pressure from the taxi lobby.

[outime]

I believe they banned it because they ignored the local laws (and Helsinki isn’t exactly an isolated case of this behaviour from Uber) and were unlicensed.

However they’ve recently regained presence in Helsinki since it’s been legalized [1].

[1] https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/anyone_can_be_a_cabbie__n...

[deanclatworthy]

Uber black has returned which is basically taxis with the uber UI. I left on vacation just before the regulations changed. What are the prices for Uber compared to before with the private cars and drivers?

[swebs]

I just checked fares from the central railway station to the Herttoniemi metro station 7.5km away.

Whim(Taksi Helsinki): €19.72

UberX €12-16:

UberBlack €17-23:

[dharma1]

The ban was lifted early this month - Uber and many other ride sharing/taxi companies are now legal

[AnssiH]

Any source for ride-sharing ban by Helsinki?

AFAIK no such ban ever existed. The Finnish law does require commercial drivers to hold taxi permits, though, but that is not specific to Helsinki.

[sampo]

Before July 2018, the number of available taxi permits was limited by regulation, so it was effectively an Uber ban.