It is amazing, or maybe not, how many times we have to re-re-learn all the basics (and not-so-basic nuances) of taxi regulation. Of the endless juggling of enough vehicle availability to maintain high service levels versus keeping supply low enough to reduce dead-heading, all while trying to provide drivers a living wage without the fleet owners doing their regulatory capture thing and with lower-income people not being priced out... See this brief historical view (just Google "Why TNCs Will Be Regulated Like Taxis–Historically Speaking") and check out its bibliography, if you (not Ms. Griswold, she already knows this stuff) want to see the long painful saga.
It is amazing, or maybe not, how many times we have to re-re-learn all the basics (and not-so-basic nuances) of taxi regulation. Of the endless juggling of enough vehicle availability to maintain high service levels versus keeping supply low enough to reduce dead-heading, all while trying to provide drivers a living wage without the fleet owners doing their regulatory capture thing and with lower-income people not being priced out... See this brief historical view (just Google "Why TNCs Will Be Regulated Like Taxis–Historically Speaking") and check out its bibliography, if you (not Ms. Griswold, she already knows this stuff) want to see the long painful saga.