Uber and Europe: Partnering to Enable City Transformation I
summary
Starts from a mobile app that adds GPS, payments and heat maps to dispatch and claims concrete outcomes: 1.6M SF riders, 1.9M New York, ~1M London, jobs equivalent numbers listed; promises UberPool and a Perpetual ride model that halves cars per trip, targeted background checks and expanded insurance, and policy asks to remove cab caps. Specific 2015 goals: create 50,000 EU jobs and remove 400,000 cars from EU roads by scaling pooled rides and integrating with city transit.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Uber's origin story
- 2:20The virtuous cycle
- 3:50Uber Pool and efficiency
- 4:45Reliability and vision
- 6:18The car utilization problem
- 8:58Economic impact
- 10:13Complimenting public transit
- 12:20Old rules and regulation
- 15:33New regulatory framework
- 18:482015 European goals
- 21:23Vision for the future
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