> Because the taxi meter only runs when that passenger is in the car so it punishes suburb-to-suburb trips Most taxi companies in the suburbs would be a flat r

> Because the taxi meter only runs when that passenger is in the car so it punishes suburb-to-suburb trips Most taxi companies in the suburbs would be a flat rate that the dispatcher would tell you before you got picked up (or the driver would ask the dispatcher curbside), they often didn't use the meter.