Uber vs this, looks like Apple vs Android (or PC many years ago).<p>What I mean is, to compete with Uber it&#x27;s a good idea to build taxi calling platform that all local taxi networks could adopt (and brand to some degree). Same way that Google needed to create open platform that established mobile manufacturers could participate in.<p>They will eventually adopt it because it brings customers (and they can&#x27;t adopt Uber), and customers will adopt it because they&#x27;ll be able to use central platform to call local taxi with all the conveniences of pre-defined destinations and automatic payment.<p>I think the Uber is successful not because of price achieved by hiring non-professional drivers with their non-professional cars and getting the price down. I think they are successful because you no longer need to talk to the driver or manually pay to get somewhere.