Uber’s doomed — and so are the cities that supported it

What would our cities look like without Uber and the ride-sharing competitors that followed? According to author and tech privacy activist Cory Doctorow, city planners might be chasing the wrong horse by giving Uber such freedom in many cities.   Doctorow recently published a scathing article on Uber. He describes Uber as  “a shiny distraction that made it harder to do stuff that does work, like dedicated bus lanes.” By focusing on a modal of transport that encompasses all manner of public and private transport options, have we let our cities take less responsibility for initiatives to get us out of…

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