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> Evidently people prefer Lyft & Uber to taxi companies Americans prefer taking an Lyft to not getting a taxi at all due to taxi number medallion cap. Most pla
by rightbyte 4y ago
> Evidently people prefer Lyft & Uber to taxi companies
Americans prefer taking an Lyft to not getting a taxi at all due to taxi number medallion cap. Most place did not have the problem Lyft and Uber solved. I.e. circumvent medallion shortages.
- finnh 4y agoMedallions caps were not the only problem with cabs. Not by a long shot.
- TylerE 4y agoMedallions are an NYC thing. Not applicable to most Americans. Not that it makes taxi service any less dreadful.
- rightbyte 4y agoI tried to get cabs to my home in Mountain View, CA multiple times but every cab company but one said that was not their area and the designated cab company had hours of wait. Only Uber worked. I could easily get a cab to the home from the city though. There had to be something up there to.
- xeromal 4y agoI think the bigger issue was obscure pricing. You had no idea what something would cost in the US. The meter would tell you in the end. You at least had an idea of how much something would cost with lyft/uber as long as you didn't ask for deviations in the preplanned route. I do know that in south america, it was different. You'd negotiate the pay before you got in so at least you knew if you could afford it or not.