[sah88]

I'm surprised one of the smaller ride share companies hasn't pivoted into licensing/partnering with municipal governments. Share revenue and let them control the processes for accepting drivers and regulating them. Tada you're partnered with a entity that can legislate your competition out of business.

[briandear]

Companies already do that; they're called "Taxi Companies."

[hamrickdavid]

I think this is what Curb (formerly Taxi Magic) (http://gocurb.com/) is doing.