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>"Uber is actually a higher cost/less efficient producer of urban car services than the taxi companies it has driven out of business; individual Uber drivers wi
by bogomipz 5y ago
>"Uber is actually a higher cost/less efficient producer of urban car services than the taxi companies it has driven out of business; individual Uber drivers with limited capital cannot acquire, finance, maintain and insure vehicles more economically than Yellow Cab"
Ironically enough Uber recently announced a partnership with yellow cabs in NYC whereby you can order taxis via the Uber app[1].
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/business/uber-new-york-taxis.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/business/uber-new-york-ta...
- JohnTHaller 5y agoThey did. You can also order them via Curb. Yellow cabs in NYC are often much less expensive than Uber. A recent trip I took via cab cost $29 plus tip. Uber wanted $76 plus tip for the same trip. It wasn't raining and there was no major event going on I was aware of. I hailed a cab in under a minute.