Uber's predatory pricing is undermining public transit and density
The bigger issue is that city planners building public transit systems don&#x27;t have the same interests as commuters. Inevitably they want to use public transit as an instrument for various social policies.<p>Commuters just want to get to work reliably and they&#x27;d like a seat. And they&#x27;d like to have a minimum of screening so that they don&#x27;t have to deal with people with severe mental issues on the way to work.<p>In Toronto they&#x27;ve gone as far as launching a crowdfunded bus route, which the city had an icy response too. It had to shut down because of legal uncertainties.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbc.ca&#x2F;news&#x2F;canada&#x2F;toronto&#x2F;crowd-funded-bus-takes-a-run-at-transit-starved-liberty-village-1.2771419" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbc.ca&#x2F;news&#x2F;canada&#x2F;toronto&#x2F;crowd-funded-bus-takes...</a>
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;toronto.ctvnews.ca&#x2F;sorry-toronto-commuters-liberty-village-bus-will-not-be-back-on-the-road-1.2192794" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;toronto.ctvnews.ca&#x2F;sorry-toronto-commuters-liberty-vi...</a><p>So I think the big problem with transit is that people in city gov refuse to recognise that commuters desires are perfectly reasonable. If the city won&#x27;t provide them options then they should at least make sure there aren&#x27;t legal issues with private providers.