Pubs and taxi apps complain not enough taxis for a few hours at night

[taxi1990]

You said they had spaces in Dublin airport as well, that was over a year ago.

[mercenary for hire]

I don't mind.If Uber rideshare comes in I'll just sell my EV taxi for 30k and lump it off my mortgage.The NTA can go and sing for the grant money.Then we all just work for Uber in whatever we want.Taxi driving isn't any more lucrative than what rideshare drivers make now we have far bigger overheads.

Let's be honest most of us got our plate for next to nothing and didn't have to pass any serious geography tests so we don't really have any right to pull the ladder up.

If the NTA do anything stupid they'll have much more serious mess to clean up.They know this already.

[taxi1990]

We don't hear anything on the radio about lack of taxis? Lol I hear it at least once a week on newstalk.

[taxi1990]

If it comes in, I wouldn't quit the game but would hold on to my taxi until 2026, and see what to do then.

Probably go into a different business and maybe do a little bit of taxi work. I wouldn't work for uber, there would still be a place for the odd taxi.

[Taxi driver42]

There a new type hack type which can use the app similar to the way uber runs up north being explored I heard
Leo gave the go aged I heard when he had the reigns.

[taxi1990]

I'd say they would allow saloon licences and probably help with insurance costs before they would allow uber rideshare.

[mercenary for hire]

Most of us are making fuk all so it won't make much difference .Dont jump in the Liffey just yet.The economy is goimg down the Jax and yis are fretting over rideshare.There was no rideshare or smelly hacks 13/14 years ago and taxi drivers were still killing themselves.If it's gonna be shite it's gonna be shite for everyone.

[taxi1990]

https://villagemagazine.ie/uber-persists-in-lobbying-for-entry-into-irish-taxi-market/


I'm not worried, some taxi drivers are just obsessed with uber, john m was the same years ago.

[mercenary for hire]

Freenow have also lobbied in the past.As soon as any regulation is lossened they'll be the first to follow Uber and Bolt.

This is a shite thread by the way.Very little facts and a lot of slagging Uber when Freenow are much more likely to screw us.Taxi drivers are screwing each other every day more by putting unpiad adverts on their vehicles for Freenow.

The pubs,restaurants and the hotels have been gouging everyone since COVID.This is their attempt to blame us because they don't have the business they had last year.People are realising the city center isn't worth the money anymore.

[taxi1990]

I'd be more worried about illegal drivers. The NTA and Guards are useless when it comes to catching them. The only thing that saves us from illegal drivers totally destroying our business is 99% of their customers are riff raff alcoholics and Students with no money or sense.

[silverbullet]

This is a uber ploy no taxis

Nta are months months  into drafting up plan for uber style system I heard on the quiet
Uber are even advertising here ads on utbe etc
Ask this bo WHY HAS THE RADIO and media gone quiet about uber lately newstalk and today fm?
For months it was a bug agenda

They stopped cause uber have it in the bag talks going on
I was told by a nta official who works there and is related to me

Anne Graham and Hugh Cregan would want to build a bunker. Putting over 11,000, mostly men out of work for an under-the-counter payment [allegedly].

We know Uber is corrupt so why would we advertise and promote their brand?

[mercenary for hire]

They're all the same SB.Uber just has enough money not to give a bollox.

When I was in Prague a few years ago Bolt have multiple vehicle types.Everthing from Limos to taxis to hack type vehicles with no branding as an budget option.They also own electric scooters and deliver food too like Uber eats.

[taxi1990]

This is a uber ploy no taxis

Nta are months months  into drafting up plan for uber style system I heard on the quiet
Uber are even advertising here ads on utbe etc
Ask this bo WHY HAS THE RADIO and media gone quiet about uber lately newstalk and today fm?
For months it was a bug agenda

They stopped cause uber have it in the bag talks going on
I was told by a nta official who works there and is related to me

Anne Graham and Hugh Cregan would want to build a bunker. Putting over 11,000, mostly men out of work for an under-the-counter payment [allegedly].

We know Uber is corrupt so why would we advertise and promote their brand?

Under the counter payment? When? Is it not just the vintners and others having a moan about us?

Would you say there is more demand for taxis now than in 2017 when uber were mad to get rideshare here?

I remember 2017 was a great year for me, busier then than now.

[silverbullet]

This is a uber ploy no taxis

Nta are months months  into drafting up plan for uber style system I heard on the quiet
Uber are even advertising here ads on utbe etc
Ask this bo WHY HAS THE RADIO and media gone quiet about uber lately newstalk and today fm?
For months it was a bug agenda

They stopped cause uber have it in the bag talks going on
I was told by a nta official who works there and is related to me

Anne Graham and Hugh Cregan would want to build a bunker. Putting over 11,000, mostly men out of work for an under-the-counter payment [allegedly].

We know Uber is corrupt so why would we advertise and promote their brand?

Under the counter payment? When? Is it not just the vintners and others having a moan about us?

Would you say there is more demand for taxis now than in 2017 when uber were mad to get rideshare here?

I remember 2017 was a great year for me, busier then than now.

Irish Times Uber files:
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/07/16/uber-files-revelations-underline-the-value-of-whistleblowing/

An Irish whistleblower.

[Rat Catcher]

To be fair, I was out and about over the weekend up above in Dublin and none of the apps had any cars available at home time, I had to find one for myself... twice!