<i>From the perspective of those who can afford surge pricing this is an improvement not for those who cant.</i><p>Those who can&#x27;t afford it are at the same position, their status hasn&#x27;t changed. Without it, nobody can use the taxis, with it, rich can use taxis, non-rich still can&#x27;t. Surge pricing is strictly an improvement.<p>Another example: I provide food for a standard price. That price is determined by the weather. I can&#x27;t control the weather, so I can&#x27;t control the price. If the weather is poor, it affects production, the price goes up. I still guarantee to provide the food, yet less people can afford it. It would be strictly worse to stop production of food in case of poor weather.