Jordi Spel / CC / Barcelona
Government regulated taxi fleets around the world are facing their less anticipated and most fearful competitor of all times, Uber. The equation is clear, Uber drivers' are happy on a weak job-market and their clients are paying less for better service; in the other hand, goverment-regulated taxi service is slow in bureaucracy to compete in benefits for their drivers and far to catch up with better service for their citizens.
Heavy litigation remains in the horizon, the waters are turbulent and an ocean of driver-less cabs is afloat.