RE: I thought there were some restrictions on Uber drivers in NYC
Mayor de Blasio, in deference to the Taxi lobby, wanted to RESTRICT that number of Uber drivers in NYC.
Didn’t work. He backed off eventually.
I’m not saying that Uber is for everyone, but many swear by it ( otherwise, how does it get valuated this highly?).
Look at this Hispanic guy’s article published in the New York Post for instance;
http://nypost.com/2015/10/07/driving-for-uber-lets-me-live-the-american-dream/
TITLE: Driving for Uber lets me live the American dream
By Samuel Nunez
I think there is room for everyone in the free market ( assuming government gets out of the way ). If Uber is to survive, it has to strike a balance between good service for customers and profitability for drivers.
If they can’t, well, the market punishes them. But we cannot know if government keep interfering in favor of one industry to help crush another.
To be honest, someone in my life drives Uber. He’s not making nearly this amount of money and he’s near both JFK and Newark Airport. He drives about 8 hours a day when he goes out. He likes his passengers, though, but that doesn’t bring home the beef.
(It’s not me, lol, but someone close to me!)