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The SeaTac taxi lane is a different kind of thing altogether, since you just walk up and take the next taxi. It is much more convenient, and is much more logica
by marcoperaza 9y ago
The SeaTac taxi lane is a different kind of thing altogether, since you just walk up and take the next taxi. It is much more convenient, and is much more logically justified, than the Uber zone, since Uber matches you to a specific driver.
Aside from the fact that the cab lane creates convenience, while the Uber area destroys it, there’s other reasons that apply to cabs and not Ubers. Cabs would just be slowly crawling through the arrivals area, hoping to get a client, and causing traffic. Ubers, in contrast, are there to find a specific passenger, just like family/friends, and have no incentive to slowly crawl through arrivals.
- vkou 9y ago> and is much more logically justified, than the Uber zone, since Uber matches you to a specific driver. That sounds like Uber's problem. If they just got medallions, they too could queue up for curb-side pickup. > Ubers, in contrast, are there to find a specific passenger, just like family/friends, and have no incentive to slowly crawl through arrivals. Yes, they would absolutely be causing traffic. At most times of day, the arrivals lane is already at close to capacity. Throwing in a bunch of commercial traffic would be awful for the rest of us.
- goialoq 9y agofamily/friends are also causing traffic. Why do they deserve priority access?
- toast0 9y agoUbers without an assigned client would probably crawl through waiting to get assigned. Inevitably, they would be assigned just as they committed to leaving the area, and have to pull around.