Banning Uber means taking London away from broke millennials like me and putting it back into the hands of the rich

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Compare an Uber driver using GPS with up-to-date, to-the-minute travel information to a black cab driver reliant on “The Knowledge” – knowledge of streets and landmarks, sure, but mental connection to live traffic information across London? And it’s not just the price of the travel itself which is an issue but the fact that most of us don't live in central parts of London where black cabs routinely cruise past waiting to be flagged down – and how many people actually live near a taxi rank? I actually find myself fairly unworried about the fate of Uber in the long term – I think what they offer is so well thought out, and already so much part of the fabric of London life, that ultimately everyone will kiss and make up, and the app will be back – maybe even slightly better than before. Fewer people than ever before are learning to drive, and so many people gravitate to places like London after graduating that the service Uber offer is likely only to become ever more relevant.