As pinaceae says below, a few of these are non-issues. NYC taxies always have working credit card machines, are relatively clean, drivers are usually polite eno

As pinaceae says below, a few of these are non-issues. NYC taxies always have working credit card machines, are relatively clean, drivers are usually polite enough. In my experience (Manhattan), all taxi services have about the same service, and about the same pricing, with some special variations. Anecdotally, Most people I know have Uber, Lyft, and Gett (a third service not mentioned in this article) on their phone. When they need to go somewhere, they request a ride on multiple services, usually taking the one with the fastest pickup lowest rate. But, at any point in the process, if there is a taxi driving by then they will just hail it down and cancel the ride requests. Personally, I will default to the Gett $10 below 110st deal, then check Uber and Lyft. Sometimes I will take a taxi if it's there. Since the real benefit of taxi request services is not waiting, if taking a taxi would be faster, then that is what I will default to.