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I was in San Francisco, the birthplace of Uber, in 2009/2010. If you wanted a taxi pickup, you generally had to call two or three taxi companies and wait 30-45
by Kalium 9y ago
I was in San Francisco, the birthplace of Uber, in 2009/2010. If you wanted a taxi pickup, you generally had to call two or three taxi companies and wait 30-45 minutes for a two in three chance of a taxi showing.
That doesn't happen anymore. Not after Uber.
- ohsnapman 9y agoWhoa, taxis showed up 2 out of 3 times for you? The official study has it at 49%: https://archives.sfmta.com/cms/rtaxi/documents/2005TaxiAvailabilityStudy.pdf https://archives.sfmta.com/cms/rtaxi/documents/2005TaxiAvail... I even remember when the number was lower ...
- Kalium 9y agoIf you called three companies and waited half an hour, odds favored at least one showing up. But, yeah. Things were pretty miserable unless you were somewhere taxis actually wanted to be.