Having unlimited amount of permits issued actually improves the quality of cab service

When cities like Anchorage limit the amount of taxi permits in a market.  You actually do not improve the quality of service in the taxi industry.  You actually weakening it to where people will use alternative forms of transportation.  In Anchorage the way to compete with the taxi fleet has been the vehicle for hire permit method less costly.  Some vehicle for hires are shadow taxis they actually take people from place to place without a reservation.  The best example of this is the hotel shuttles.  We need to issue as many taxis as the market will allow a better quality cab industry.  Competition allow makes an industry better.