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Uber might improve "customer value", but as someone that takes a cab once every three months or so, cars with TLC license plates constantly failing to yield to

Uber might improve "customer value", but as someone that takes a cab once every three months or so, cars with TLC license plates constantly failing to yield to my attempts to use a crosswalk have not improved my experience. I've decided to solve this by 1-starring and no-tipping any driver that fails to yield to a pedestrian, drives in a bike lane, or exceeds the 25mph speed limit at any point in the ride (so, like, all of them), but of course, I take a cab once every three months, so that won't do much. If we really want to reduce greenhouse gases, a better approach might be: 1. Properly funding the MTA (congestion charging) 2. Widening sidewalks, especially in Midtown 3. Grade-separated and camera-enforced BRT lanes and/or surface rail with signal priority. 4. Proliferation of bike lanes. 5. Charging market rate for all street parking. Uber and Lyft have have increased car traffic in New York: http://nyc.streetsblog.org/2017/02/27/its-settled-uber-is-making-nyc-gridlock-worse/ http://nyc.streetsblog.org/2017/02/27/its-settled-uber-is-ma...

gizmodo59 9y ago
"driver that fails to yield to a pedestrian, drives in a bike lane" At least in Uber/Lyft you can rate a driver, there are many taxi drivers in NYC who drive rashly and don't do those things you listed and yet if you don't tip they will explicitly ask you to. To me, the following are the most important things to use a ridesharing app: Not paying any tip (In Yellow cab, many drivers demand for tip if you don't tip them) Rating the drivers (It's a positive thing depending on how you view it) Booking when you are drunk (While there are some apps that let you book yellow cabs we all know how bad those apps are) Uber as a company or Lyft as a company may be disliked for some of the things they do, but ride sharing is a positive outcome. If the above three points are there for yellow cab, I will happily use them anytime. The way a driver drives is not something specific to uber or lyft.

gizmodo59 9y ago

"driver that fails to yield to a pedestrian, drives in a bike lane" At least in Uber/Lyft you can rate a driver, there are many taxi drivers in NYC who drive rashly and don't do those things you listed and yet if you don't tip they will explicitly ask you to. To me, the following are the most important things to use a ridesharing app: Not paying any tip (In Yellow cab, many drivers demand for tip if you don't tip them) Rating the drivers (It's a positive thing depending on how you view it) Booking when you are drunk (While there are some apps that let you book yellow cabs we all know how bad those apps are) Uber as a company or Lyft as a company may be disliked for some of the things they do, but ride sharing is a positive outcome. If the above three points are there for yellow cab, I will happily use them anytime. The way a driver drives is not something specific to uber or lyft.