Consolidation of Uber's NYC bases into Uber USA, LLC might be a preview of future industry developments, including the end of "cross-base" dispatch & new FHV licenses tied to a specific base
Don’t think will matter, there’s plenty of non-base dispatching going on between companies that are not even based in NYC to owner operators that have fellow owner operators covering their work. TLC believes it has records of every trip being dispatched but that’s far from the case. Though this is a small percentage of actual dispatches, it’s something worth noting. Why bother having a base if there’s so many rides going on without having a base license and TLC not doing anything about it.
When I started in this business in 1970 there were only 2 types of taxis. Legal Medallion and illegal gypsies. Little by little instead of eliminating the illegal they found ways of legalizing the illegal. What should have been done was created enough legal, those who pay for the rights to be in business and eliminated the illegal. They could have sold medallions to different types(segments) of the legal. Perhaps one day they will wake up and still do this. In each segment there would be a limit to what is needed. Only this way everyone will make money. Right now few will make more than the minimum.
Don’t think will matter, there’s plenty of non-base dispatching going on between companies that are not even based in NYC to owner operators that have fellow owner operators covering their work. TLC believes it has records of every trip being dispatched but that’s far from the case. Though this is a small percentage of actual dispatches, it’s something worth noting. Why bother having a base if there’s so many rides going on without having a base license and TLC not doing anything about it.
When I started in this business in 1970 there were only 2 types of taxis. Legal Medallion and illegal gypsies. Little by little instead of eliminating the illegal they found ways of legalizing the illegal. What should have been done was created enough legal, those who pay for the rights to be in business and eliminated the illegal. They could have sold medallions to different types(segments) of the legal. Perhaps one day they will wake up and still do this. In each segment there would be a limit to what is needed. Only this way everyone will make money. Right now few will make more than the minimum.