As true then as it is now...

Uber is so obviously a good thing that you can measure how corrupt cities are by how hard they try to suppress it.

— Paul Graham (@paulg) July 9, 2012

More: Researchers at Philadelphia’s Temple University that suggests the entry of Uber’s low-cost ride service, Uber X, into 14 California counties led to a 3.6 to 5.6 percent decline in drunken driving deaths (KQed via PaulG).