San Francisco Denies Scooter Permits for Bird, Lime, Uber and Lyft
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#2Scoot and Skip will receive buy out offers from all 4 companies very soon then.
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#3I generally away from regulation, but let me articulate the pro-regulation argument.
Markets that are important (like transportation) and have network effects need to be regulated. A monopoly with Uber and/or Lyft dominating local transportation is not good for consumers or cities in the long-term.
Cities should take control of their transportation and ensure competition by managing allocation of capacity. I think the best parallel is managing of spectrum in telecom to ensure competition.
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#4Business permits should be shall-issue: if an applicant adheres to a set of rules known in advance, the city ought to have no power to deny its permit application.
Want to limit the number of something? Fine. Auction off medallions or something in a transparent, open way. Don't pick and choose businesses the way SF busybodies do.
San Francisco has severe and worsening problems primarily due to rampant interference in the operation of the free market. The city keeps doubling down on this interference every time someone, somewhere, tries to find a way around the city's thicket of rules.
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#5off topic, but does anyone else find the name for Lime weird considering there's already something in the tech space with the same name?
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#6Where is the startup that creates mods for these scooters so they operate for free?
Or the startup that opens a chop shop for disassembling all these abandoned scooters and sells the parts?
Seriously though these scooter permits sound corrupt, or have the potential for massive corruption.
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#7Business permits should be shall-issue: if an applicant adheres to a set of rules known in advance, the city ought to have no power to deny its permit application. Want to limit the number of something? Fine. Auction off medallions or something in a transparent, open way. Don't pick and choose businesses the way SF busybodies do. San Francisco has severe and worsening problems primarily due to rampant interference in…
May issue licensing is a scourge. It's just a magnet for corruption and inconsistent treatment.
Re: San Francisco Denies Scooter Permits for Bird, Lime, Uber and Lyft
#8I generally away from regulation, but let me articulate the pro-regulation argument. Markets that are important (like transportation) and have network effects need to be regulated. A monopoly with Uber and/or Lyft dominating local transportation is not good for consumers or cities in the long-term. Cities should take control of their transportation and ensure competition by managing allocation of capacity. I think th…
San Francisco just granted two companies a monopoly when previously there were multiple companies fighting for the same business. That’s the exact opposite of what you’re advocating.
Re: San Francisco Denies Scooter Permits for Bird, Lime, Uber and Lyft
#9Business permits should be shall-issue: if an applicant adheres to a set of rules known in advance, the city ought to have no power to deny its permit application. Want to limit the number of something? Fine. Auction off medallions or something in a transparent, open way. Don't pick and choose businesses the way SF busybodies do. San Francisco has severe and worsening problems primarily due to rampant interference in…
Same thing with housing, with no end in sight. :(