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Municipal and national support for taxi cooperatives is offered as a way to change competitive conditions.

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Erik FormanCo-Founder · The Drivers CooperativeLinkedIn ↗

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Erik FormanCo-Founder · The Drivers CooperativeLinkedIn ↗

Municipal and national support for taxi cooperatives is offered as a way to change competitive conditions.

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Attributed contributors: Erik Forman. “Municipal and national support for taxi cooperatives is offered as a way to change competitive conditions..” Lessons from The Drivers Cooperative: Can Technology Ventures Really Work with Democratic Governance?. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 17 September 2026. Session time 16:11–17:38. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-338ae68a2f7f

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Municipal and national support for taxi cooperatives is offered as a way to change competitive conditions.

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Erik FormanCo-Founder · The Drivers CooperativeLinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Public rules and sponsorship can support collective enterprise.

Conditions: Political commitment and compatible local institutions.

Limit: Bologna and Indian examples are not independently verified.

state capacitygovernance rulesfinance access

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