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In the one urban area that has the worst taxi service in the US, Uber is winning. Great!
by guyzero 10y ago
In the one urban area that has the worst taxi service in the US, Uber is winning. Great!
- MichaelBurge 10y agoI'm not sure I understand your point. Are you claiming that they're losing in every single other market? At least in Portland, I've never taken a taxi in my life, but have taken probably a dozen Ubers.
- BeetleB 10y ago>At least in Portland, I've never taken a taxi in my life, but have taken probably a dozen Ubers. Which is one reason why Uber is winning. You do not even bother to check taxi fares. I checked Uber rates to get to the airport. Not cheaper than taxi - about the same.
- brownbat 10y ago> I checked Uber rates to get to the airport. Not cheaper than taxi - about the same. Did people stop tipping cabs? Maybe you meant Ubers were 20% more expensive, or maybe people don't tip cabs anymore, I don't know. Honestly I'd pay more than cabfare + tips just to have the price be explicit. Tips basically become a tax on nice people. I'd much rather everyone was paying the same price.
- Veen 10y agoI live in Hungary where the taxis are pretty cheap but you have to call them, and there's not guarantee that you'll get someone who can speak English. When I first got here, I used Uber all the time, but the government passed some anti-über laws and Uber withdrew from the market. Now I just use the public transport, which is pretty good, but less convenient than Uber. I felt bad for all the drivers that lost their jobs.
- serge2k 10y agoCheaper in Seattle too. They are still losing billions a year.
- friendlygrammar 10y agoIt's cheaper everywhere in the US