This. While maybe not the 'single biggest improvement', as a single woman who likes to travel in the city, cabs feel about as safe as buying drugs off a street

This. While maybe not the 'single biggest improvement', as a single woman who likes to travel in the city, cabs feel about as safe as buying drugs off a street dealer. Actually, I've often felt safer buying drugs in my 20's then I did getting in a cab as a woman. Even without them coming on to you when you're trusting them to take you home at 2am, you'll always end up with them pretending to be confused or surprised that - yes - you want to use debit, and then them pretending the machine is broken until it somehow isn't... (I'm assuming they do this so they can pocket the money or do some sort of tax fraud?) Cabs represented a combination of the worst service and experience I have not really seen in any other industry - say what you want about them - but Uber has a kind of accountability that cabs never have. I hope cabs as they were just die. Good riddance. I'm so tired of the harassment.