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What should Uber do, and what should Uber get for doing it?

They're a virtual taxi rank. They need to do basic testing of fitness of drivers - health, driving ability, criminal record; they need to do basic testing of vehicles for roadworthy-ness - monthly on-ramp vehicle certification; they need to maintain the app and servers.

I'd imagine 10-20% take of gross would be a reasonable range.

How much of that are they doing?

Does any country do similar as part of their transport infrastructure?



Uber does background checks and car inspections, and charges 30% I think, which is within a margin of error of your expected 10-20%.

Source (random cities in US): https://www.uber.com/us/en/drive/charlottesville/inspections...




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