>Some drivers only drive Thursday-Sunday. Some only drive Monday-Friday. I lived in NYC prior to Uber and when Uber was first making inroads (for 9 years until

>Some drivers only drive Thursday-Sunday. Some only drive Monday-Friday. I lived in NYC prior to Uber and when Uber was first making inroads (for 9 years until 2016, so this totally could have changed since). Often, I'd chat with the driver to pass time/reduce awkwardness. A common complaint was drivers being required to lease a cab for a full-week for 12 hours each day. >As a general rule, fleet cabs operate two twelve hour shifts, with the day shift generally being less lucrative than the night shift. Taxi shifts are scheduled and designed so each shift is equally attractive, so that each shift gets a rush hour [1]. As an aside, as someone who works on the software side of the options trading business, I found the article to be quite interesting. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/nyregion/12taxi.html https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/nyregion/12taxi.html