If large cities in the US can't provide inexpensive and trustworthy public transportation, they have zero right to limit alternatives to the monopoly created by licensed cab companies. Regulations that were began for the protection of the public are now keeping the public from getting where they need to go. Times change and so must regulations.
Randcogan - 10 years ago
This will not be the last time that government works against free markets,taxing power is the true police power...what me,worry!!!!!!!
Rod Swaner - 10 years ago
The cab services are horrible in Salt Lake. U can wait sometimes up to an hr for a cab, most drives insist on cash only, the few that can take cards use equipment that does not work most of the time, cabs are gross, most cab drivers are rude, drives drive unsafe, sometimes you can not get a cab company to answer their phones and they hate providing services in the southern part of the valley. If these cab companies (Ute, Yellow and City) can not keep up with the growing demands for this kind of service then some other companies need to step in and do it. I use Lyft and the cost and service is excellent A+, but I would grade cab service as C-. The cab services here in SLC see what Uber and Lyft can do and are threatened. In this economy, people expect to get what they pay for at a reasonable price. Utah and SLC need to change the legislation to make this industry more accessible to all forms of companies that want to provide ground transportation service.
If large cities in the US can't provide inexpensive and trustworthy public transportation, they have zero right to limit alternatives to the monopoly created by licensed cab companies. Regulations that were began for the protection of the public are now keeping the public from getting where they need to go. Times change and so must regulations.
This will not be the last time that government works against free markets,taxing power is the true police power...what me,worry!!!!!!!
The cab services are horrible in Salt Lake. U can wait sometimes up to an hr for a cab, most drives insist on cash only, the few that can take cards use equipment that does not work most of the time, cabs are gross, most cab drivers are rude, drives drive unsafe, sometimes you can not get a cab company to answer their phones and they hate providing services in the southern part of the valley. If these cab companies (Ute, Yellow and City) can not keep up with the growing demands for this kind of service then some other companies need to step in and do it. I use Lyft and the cost and service is excellent A+, but I would grade cab service as C-. The cab services here in SLC see what Uber and Lyft can do and are threatened. In this economy, people expect to get what they pay for at a reasonable price. Utah and SLC need to change the legislation to make this industry more accessible to all forms of companies that want to provide ground transportation service.