Over the last 10 years disruptive innovations in transportation radically changed the regulatory and competitive landscape, raising new questions for regulators and competition law enforcers.

It is clear that consumers are benefitting from the presence of new players and business models; however there are also some concerns that have arisen, mainly linked to the competition with traditional taxi services.

In June 2018, the OECD held a roundtable to discuss competition challenges related to taxi and ride-sharing services. It focused on the regulatory and competition challenges raised by new companies; such as the debate about the review of the current regulatory framework, the issues related to the role of technology and big data in pricing, the effect of surge prices from a competition law perspective and the emergence of alternative business models in the ride-sourcing industry (e.g. decentralised platforms). 

SEE ALSO

OECD Handbook on Competition Policy in the Digital Age 

Summary of the discussion

Experience of the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission

Spain's CNMC advocacy efforts in the sector

Competition challenges related to the sharing economy

INVITED SPEAKERS

Damien GERADIN [Bio]  ‌
Partner, EUCLID Law

Max HUFFMAN [Bio]  ‌
Professor of Law, Indiana University

Dawn MILLER [Site]  ‌
Chief of Staff and Chief Technology Officer of New York Taxi and Limousine Commission 

» OECD Background Note • Note de référence de l'OCDE 

» Summary of contributions

» Executive summary with key findings • Synthèse des points clés de la discussion

» Detailed summary of the discussion • Compte rendu detaillé de la discussion

PRESENTATIONS

Presenation by Damien Geradin 

Presentation by Max Huffman 

Presentation by Dawn Miller

RELATED MATERIALS

Competition and Innovation in Land Transport, Best Practice Roundtable on Competition Policy (2016)

App-Based Ride and Taxi Services: Principles for Regulation, by the International Transport Forum (2016) 

 RELATED TOPICS

Liberalisation and competition intervention in regulated sectors

Pro-competitive Policy Reforms

Digital Economy, Innovation and Competition 

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