Apart from the very actual and burning question of how to ramp up the ride-hailing and taxi business back amidst and post the COVID-19 pandemic, there is one other, not the least difficult, long-term challenge…

Hopes that car sharing and app-based ride-hailing services would reduce private car…

Seven years ago, I co-founded Liftago, leading a great team and together building a business that grew into the largest Czech national ride-hailing operator. Throughout the last 2 years, however, I started to realize the negative impact that ride-hailing services have on the liveability of our cities, especially in western Europe and North America.

I love the vibrant historic centre of Prague but hate seeing so many cars driving or parking around. Why? For the same reason as millions of residents of large cities around the world: congestion. And while at the advent of ride-hailing, we all believed…