The customers of Uber are rated by the drivers who transport them. Rude, unruly customers are fired. Stop and think about that. It’s not just Uber’s way of protecting its most valuable asset (its drivers), it’s also a way of establishing that as a private entity, Uber will choose whom it serves.
Uber came to mind while reading about a recent 3-2 vote by the Surface Transportation Board (STB) that quite literally "orders" railroad company BNSF to handle 23 trains per month from Navaho Transitional Energy Co.’s Spring Creek Mine. Where it gets even more interesting is that the order from the STB expands to an additional six trains per month “once there is sufficient crew and train set capacity.” Something’s wrong with this picture. How does a federal agency possess the kind of power allowing it order a private business to take on business?
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