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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) Declares Uber a Transport Service

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday December 20 2017, @05:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the if-it-walks-like-a-duck dept.

canopic jug writes:

After a period of consideration, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has decided that Uber is a transport service, just like any other taxi company. There is lot to say about Uber's use of untrained, non-professional drivers and other abusive practices.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday December 21 2017, @01:45AM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 21 2017, @01:45AM (#612669) Journal

    62/743=8.3% Nope, not enough to impose on the rest of 90+% the (lack of passenger safety) rules the rest of 8.3% are Ok with.

    That number is growing rapidly at 2-3% increase in the total population over five years. Also most people don't use taxis either. I can't get ridership numbers for taxis in Europe, but in the US, the ride sharing/hailing sector has taken more than a third [businessofapps.com] of the overall US market (including Uber at 29%, but not including its competitors which are almost a third more share) for supplying rides or vehicles (including taxis and rental cars). Taxis meanwhile are about the same, meaning that ride hailing and sharing services like Uber have about half the overall market. There's no reason to expect that Europe will turn out much differently on the road. They still have the same travel needs and the same competition issues.

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday December 21 2017, @09:37AM (1 child)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 21 2017, @09:37AM (#612740) Journal

    At 3% / 5 year grow rate, to get to the 42mils now to 350mils required for parity, it will be something like 80+
    years. I promise you I'll worry then, if I still can. Until then, not much to fuss about.

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    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday December 21 2017, @02:33PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 21 2017, @02:33PM (#612789) Journal
      It'll take much less to get in parity with people who use taxis.