[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting a Uber Lyft in a Sidecar

2014-07-14 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
"The benefits of free markets and the problems with government intervention are well illustrated by the unfolding story of smart phone-based car services such as Uber and Lyft. If we had free markets for city ride services….the preferred ride services—Uber and imitators—would thrive, and older,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting a Uber Lyft in a Sidecar

2014-07-09 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
"The more riders Uber can get in its cars and accustomed to having its push-button convenience as an option, the less incentive politicians have to stay on Uber’s case. By drastically lowering its prices, Uber is doing more than increasing its customer base. It’s cultivating constituents — the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting a Uber Lyft in a Sidecar

2014-07-09 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Has anyone out there ever got a ride in a Uber or Lyft car? > On 6/13/2014 6:11 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: > There's Uber and there is Lyft and in some large cities, Sidecar - I > call it Uber-Lyft. It's a new technology, not a taxi service. You put > an app on your mobile phone and get a ri

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting a Uber Lyft in a Sidecar

2014-07-08 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
"That said, the treatment of new companies like Uber and Lyft by established interests provides an object lesson in what government is really all about." http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/191420/#respond 'Ride-share services benefit consumers, but the taxi commission doesn't want to give us a good

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting a Uber Lyft in a Sidecar

2014-06-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
'San Francisco Clamps Down On Monkey Parking App That Allows Drivers To Auction Public Parking Spots' http://sanfrancisco.cbs/san-francisco-clamps-down-on-monkey-parking-app/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting a Uber Lyft in a Sidecar

2014-06-20 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Need a Lyft? This was actually my idea - start a marijuana delivery service that uses Uber, Lyft or Sidecar to distribute the goods. You just get the app on your phone and then you can order the product whenever you need it and pay with your credit card online. It's simple, quick and easy. The