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Uber secures right to continue operating in London

140 点作者 theBashShell超过 4 年前

16 条评论

thrw1211超过 4 年前
Throwaway for obvious reasons.<p>I work at Uber and have worked on the London project. I&#x27;ve yet to see such extensive compliance requirements asked from a regulator - that, in Uber&#x27;s case, is successfully met, after a LOT of investment. Examples include listing every single change weeks ahead of time before launch for approval with the regulator, having a full internal audit of any changes that impact London, and many others that required building new workflows, systems and hiring dedicated London personel. Many of these are well beyond the things the public discusses and is aware of - like the driver verification (which Uber now does realtime, through the app, with some pretty neat technology).<p>For Uber to keep operating, a larger team dedicated just for compliance is in place, and large systems for these kinds of compliant tracing have been built. I am curious to see if TFL will make these asks public and roll out the same requirements that Uber has to fulfill for their operation as mandatory for all other operators. Or if these requirements remain private, between Uber and TFL, and other competitors get a pass on them. Kapten, Bolt, Ola and FreeNow currently do not have the same asks coming from TFL and I know that several of these services do not have the guardrails in place that Uber has already.
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jonplackett超过 4 年前
The idea that Uber is somehow more dangerous than a black cab or minicab - neither of which keep any record of who is driving, where they took you or who you are is just silly.<p>Taxis in London were just terrible (and expensive) until Uber
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te_chris超过 4 年前
Irony now is that, thanks to competition, getting a car in London if it&#x27;s busy now requires trying your luck with Kapten, Bolt, Uber, Ola, and, if all fails, Gett&#x2F;FreeNOW for a Black Cab.<p>All the drivers freely admit that they&#x27;re driving for all the apps, which is great, but it can be a nightmare actually getting a car sometimes due to supply being spread across 4 or 5 apps now. Feels like a TFL run app would be best, but maybe that&#x27;s communist or something?
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curiousllama超过 4 年前
&gt; 24 drivers shared their accounts with 20 others which led to 14,788 rides.<p>It&#x27;s very interesting to me how aggressive and clever some people are in breaking the law, all in order to... work a sub-minimum-wage job.<p>Obviously shouldn&#x27;t be allowed, but seeing as the scammers happened to be otherwise honest and hard working (from what I can tell, at least), I can&#x27;t help but think this is all the result of a fairly wholesome scam.
itsdsmurrell超过 4 年前
This is great. Let the competitors come.
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bb123超过 4 年前
I wonder how many more times we are going to have to go through this political posturing game with this &#x27;revoked-but-not-really-revoked&#x27; licence system. By now we all know there is no real possibility of Uber not actually operating in London, and all of these threats by TfL et al. are completely empty. I&#x27;m sure Uber knows this too.
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dan_m2k超过 4 年前
Yeah. Hackneys weren&#x27;t great, but ubiquitous and convenient in London (even if it was like travelling in blender).<p>Mini cabs were&#x2F;are ass, in every UK city, and they deserved to get disrupted.<p>And the net effect is that the whole market had to compete for it&#x27;s market share again, which meant a better experience for the customer overall.<p>I laugh when I encounter a super local minicab service that has maybe a half dozen drivers, you book them by phone, radios them to go to pickups and still only take cash. Who are ordering these jalopies? Meanwhile, anyone serious has an app, contactless payment&#x2F;prepayment and real time ETA. Much better.
JamesBaxter超过 4 年前
There are so many adverts for Uber in London now, including buying the naming of the already existing Thames Clipper boat service [1] (previously MBNA Clippers).<p>I think they are worried about the competition and spending a lot to be the first company you think of (after TFL) when you think about traveling in London.<p>[1]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;2020&#x2F;jul&#x2F;08&#x2F;uber-to-launch-london-commuter-boat-service-with-thames-clippers" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;2020&#x2F;jul&#x2F;08&#x2F;uber-to-l...</a>
dspillett超过 4 年前
How effective is blocking their operation anyway, without it being done on a national level?<p>People in York can not be licensed to operate for Uber due to a similar ban, but that doesn&#x27;t stop people from nearby Leeds and Doncaster driving in to operate in the area. Given that Leeds is currently under &quot;extra measures&quot; from a C19 PoV, letting people from York drive for Uber would probably be the safer option.
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ionwake超过 4 年前
Has the price of an Uber gone up since they first started ( in London ) ?
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tibbydudeza超过 4 年前
Good experiences with Uber the few times I had to but I wonder if the drivers actually make a living.<p>Sure you get a weekly income but most drivers don&#x27;t take into account the additional costs of depreciation and wear&#x2F;tear on their cars.<p>Their big play is self driving transport but they are years away from that no matter the usual &quot;within 6 months&quot; predictions from Elon.
intricatedetail超过 4 年前
Just politicians filling their boots while pretending they try to help. Utterly disgusting.
antihero超过 4 年前
They now also seem to have their branding on the Thames Clippers, too.
1nikoalvin1超过 4 年前
doesn&#x27;t matter anyway. the prices are still going to be $50 a ride
hikerclimber超过 4 年前
uber is one of the worst companies I ever had a car ride from drive took for ever and it smelt like puke...
wdb超过 4 年前
Highly disappointing in this decision,<p>I have had two encounters with Uber drivers, one which the driver near accident, and then the driver got out of his car to hit me, and I am counting 11 months and still haven&#x27;t been able to reach out to a human at Uber about this case.
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