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- Title
Ride‐hailing's impact on Canadian cities: Now let's consider the long game.
- Authors
Young, Mischa
- Abstract
Key Messages: It remains unclear whether the arrival of ride‐hailing is detrimental to congestion.Despite being slightly cheaper than taxis, ride‐hailing services remain significantly more expensive than transit and provide mobility only to those who can afford them.The regulatory framework for ride‐hailing should resemble that of the taxi industry, but should also be supplemented by concessions to encourage ride‐hailing companies to explore sustainable endeavours. A recent dialogue published in The Canadian Geographer on July 2, 2018, caught my attention. In it, the authors debate whether Uber and other ride‐hailing services should be considered beneficial or detrimental to Canadian cities. While addressing several of the uncertainties and misunderstood impacts of ride‐hailing services upon cities, their analysis fails to consider the long‐term implications of this mode of travel on individual travel behaviour and on accessibility. In this response to their piece, I draw attention to the short‐sightedness of their arguments and to the equity concerns excluded from their dialogue. If legalized prematurely, as endorsed by Zwick and Spicer, ride‐hailing services will rapidly become regarded as a convenient and essential service and once established as such, regulating them any further will prove to be politically prohibitive.
- Subjects
CANADA; RIDESHARING services; TRAFFIC congestion; SAFETY; COST effectiveness; UBER Technologies Inc.
- Publication
Canadian Geographer, 2019, Vol 63, Issue 1, p171
- ISSN
0008-3658
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/cag.12514