TBH, I think the understated selling feature for Uber/Lyft was that they'd show you a price in advance of actually summoning the car. No reason a taxi service

TBH, I think the understated selling feature for Uber/Lyft was that they'd show you a price in advance of actually summoning the car. No reason a taxi service couldn't offer the same experience, but you see a lot of scenarios where that's not an option. Before Covid, I'd go to the head office in the suburbs of Chicago twice a year. The first few times, I took a taxi from the stand and watched powerlessly as the meter ticked up and up, not knowing when it would stop. With Lyft, I could at least see if it would be $25 or 65 before I agreed to summon the vehicle. In other news, I wish Metra would go straight to and from O'hare.