Not sure why you're being downvoted, you make a good point. The reasons Uber is popular in San Francisco and other cities (hard to hail a cab, pay by CC, etc.)

Not sure why you're being downvoted, you make a good point. The reasons Uber is popular in San Francisco and other cities (hard to hail a cab, pay by CC, etc.) are moot in NYC. Uber advertises that they are 15% cheaper, but that's without surge pricing.