[thenipper]

It's pretty disingenuous to say that taxi drivers can just switch. My gut says that most taxi drivers aren't in a position to easily invest in a capital resource like an automobile.

Though it makes me wonder if you could start a business that rents out cars to potential ride sharing drivers. You get $X per hour that they use it and at the end of their shift they drop it off with another rent. Basically reinventing the taxi cab model.

[jeromegv]

Some people have tried that. I think the issue right now is that UberX rates have dropped so much for drivers, that if you add an intermediate in the middle, there is either very little margin for the intermediate, or a very shitty salary (under minimum wage) for the driver.

[brc]

So sounds like the taxi industry then.