Most Taxi regulations are good for the public not the consumer.
Go back and you find people wanted to cut the number of Taxii on the roads. I would much rather you use a bus than a Taxi. The problem was regulatory capture constricted past this point.
ex: We don't want a lot of them on the road making traffic worse. Drive to B -> C you add X congestion, call a cab they drive from A -> B to pick you up, then B->C that's X + Y congestion, pollution, risk for accidents etc.
PS: The real issue is after regulation people tend to forget why it was added. "Let's deregulate Banks!"
Go back and you find people wanted to cut the number of Taxii on the roads. I would much rather you use a bus than a Taxi. The problem was regulatory capture constricted past this point.
ex: We don't want a lot of them on the road making traffic worse. Drive to B -> C you add X congestion, call a cab they drive from A -> B to pick you up, then B->C that's X + Y congestion, pollution, risk for accidents etc.
PS: The real issue is after regulation people tend to forget why it was added. "Let's deregulate Banks!"