Public transportation is fine in Vancouver, but getting a taxi is still as bad as ever. Many taxis simply choose not to show up, claim they have arrived when t

Public transportation is fine in Vancouver, but getting a taxi is still as bad as ever. Many taxis simply choose not to show up, claim they have arrived when they have not, and dispatch is mostly indifferent. The Vancouver taxi app suffers from the same problems. No rating system, so your driver can just abandon you or take a weird route. These are the reasons Uber became so popular in other cities. If you are a businessperson in Vancouver with an urgent need to get somewhere you basically need a private driver. Car2go and Evo car sharing services are good, but in competitively high demand. (I have found myself literally racing others on foot for the available ones.) Locals are desperate for driving solutions that don't involve long-term parking. And that still leaves visitors out of luck.