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Whose cheese was moved by the “car service”?

Recently, whether the special car service is legally operating or belongs to the “black car” has caused a lot of troubles in many cities. Shenyang has even appeared in the event of a collective strike by taxi drivers to protest the drop in prices of special droppers. What is the nature of the car service? The contradiction between traditional car rental services and traditional rental services reflects the economic phenomenon. How should the government adjust the corresponding policies? This article tries to do a brief analysis. The special car is a car rental business that has just emerged in recent years. The name sounds like a "special car" style, but it is still essentially an "informal" taxi that carries passengers' profits. But why should it be called a "business bus"? The apparent reason is that they are usually higher than the specifications of taxis and are therefore 15%-20% more expensive. Compared with ordinary rental, passengers can make advance reservations by mobile application software on the mobile phone, and they can independently choose the level of the vehicle. Getting in and out of the car, getting a taxi fare in advance, etc.; some of the dedicated cars will also provide bottled mineral water and mobile phone chargers for passengers. In fact, these do not change the taxi nature of the taxi service. The deeper reason why the shuttle bus service does not call itself a taxi is that it intends to bypass the government's various controls on the taxi industry.

Before we discuss the pros and cons of car service, we must first discuss why the taxi industry needs government supervision. The supervision of taxis by the government is a global phenomenon, not only in China. One of the most important reasons is that there is a serious problem of information asymmetry in the traditional taxi service, which provides taxi drivers with an opportunity for fraud. Especially at airports and stations, many taxi drivers come from outside and know nothing about local traffic. Moreover, the taxi business is often a one-stroke deal, one can be counted, and the driver has a strong motive to kill passengers. To avoid this situation, the common practice in all parts of the world is to have the government register and manage the taxi industry in a unified manner. This requires taxi drivers to have driver information and complaint telephone calls to facilitate passengers to complain about the taxi driver.

However, this system of managing the taxi market through the government also has some shortcomings. First, the government's management departments often have incentives to restrict the access of the taxi industry and thus protect their own monopoly interests in the company. For example, the permanent population of Beijing has increased by 55% in the past 13 years, but the number of taxis has only increased by 0.04%. The same problem also exists in other major cities, causing many problems in the city at peak hours. In addition, taxi management departments will use their power to suppress potential competitors. For example, China even defines “carpooling” as illegal operation. This behavior obviously goes beyond the government's management of the taxi market to resolve information asymmetry. In contrast, the United States not only does not restrict carpooling, but also actively alleviates traffic congestion and pollution problems, and actively encourages carpooling. For example, many cities have set up dedicated expressways for two or more people to ride on cars, providing extra for everyone. Carpooling motivation. In addition, the monopoly and the government's price control on taxis also often cause some taxi drivers to have poor service attitudes, and refusal to load is common in many cities. Some governments are only responsible for collecting management fees for the local taxi market, but are neglecting to conduct real management on the service.

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