in vienna, which usually is the worst regulation hell, i could get a cab anywhere in the city within 4 minutes, any hour of any day. and that's a city with 1.75

in vienna, which usually is the worst regulation hell, i could get a cab anywhere in the city within 4 minutes, any hour of any day. and that's a city with 1.75 times the population of SF (not including all the people who commute to SF to work there. this has been extensively studied. taxi service quality is essentially dependent only on regulation quality (with some delay as customers get used to the fact that they can actually get a cab)