Major rideshare companies are now routing more of their trips to regulated taxis in San Francisco, and that shift is changing how the city’s transportation system actually works.

It comes down to cost pressure on the platform side and the steady coverage that commercial drivers provide.

In this episode, we talk with Hansu Kim, a longtime SF political consultant and head of taxi service app Flywheel. He walks us through why this move is happening and what it may set in motion for the city’s next phase.

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