# In an op-ed, Prof. Arun Sundararajan recommends deregulating digital taxi services

1 Faculty News December 3, 2012 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030509.jpg?itok=lWhs8PD7)>

Excerpt from the [New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/hail-next-wave-taxicab-apps-article-1.1211237) -- “The city has taken important strides towards becoming a tech-friendly place... Now it’s time for City Hall to take its tech-friendliness further and deliver more of its benefits to the average New Yorker. Deregulating digital taxi services would be a good place to start.”

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