[harryh]

FWIW flywheel has managed to integrate with cabs in SF. They don't do surge pricing but they do everything else: hail with an app, see the cab coming to pick you up, auto bill a credit card after the trip based on metered fair.

Things will certainly evolve more slowly due to regulation but I expect cab fleets to become more uber-like over time.

[rayiner]

And IIRC New York recently updated its regulations to integrate with apps. But the regulations did have to be updated. In the future, I hope cities consider just deregulating the taxi industries. Maybe it'll happen in a southern state.