Ancient art of banning rideshare companies revived in India, this time on motorbikes

On Monday, the Transport Department in India's capital city Delhi banned private bike taxi services effective immediately – delivering a swift and sudden blow to ridesharing platforms in the city of over 30 million souls. The order was issued on grounds that the practice and services violated existing laws, since the vehicles …

[Pascal Monett]

How's that for disruption, Uber ?

"the practice and services violated existing laws, since the vehicles are not registered for commercial use"

Well, they never were, so why did it take so long to notice ?

Did the Indian Minister of Transport recently have a bad experience on a moto-taxi ?

[tyrfing]

Looks like the taxi lobbyists got through again