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Ironically the one good thing the rideshades did was to get taxis to install credit card readers. Taxis are often half the price of an Uber these days.
by TylerE 4y ago
Ironically the one good thing the rideshades did was to get taxis to install credit card readers. Taxis are often half the price of an Uber these days.
- osrec 4y agoWhich location?
- korm 4y agoNot OP but it is often the case around London, UK. Half price isn't an exaggeration! Better cars usually too.
- ch4s3 4y agoThe difference in London is pretty staggering. Cabs in Manhattan are pretty nice now too. Otherwise I find that ride shares are more available and nicer as an experience.
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- skibble 4y agoWhat kind of taxi? Do you mean black cabs?
- grumple 4y agoWhen I was in London a few weeks ago the taxi prices were 2-3x the uber prices. Also they'd tell you to fuck off if they didn't want to take you to that location.
- xrd 4y agoI used to love riding taxis because the drivers had such great personalities. I remember when a Jamaican guy in NYC told me all about the OTHER drug users driving around. He didn't have to worry about the rating system, so he was free to share all the dirt. It was a much better time. I wish more cab drivers and uber could tell me to fuck off.
- zeristor 4y agoDid you ask to go South of The River?
- robertlagrant 4y agoTaxis are generally far more expensive than Ubers, and they don't quote up front, and they try and trick you with extra charges, and you can only summon them with an app because of Uber forcing them to engage in competition.
- stev-0 4y agoMost Taxi companies I’ve dealt with quote if ask them. Generally you get a few bucks off if you do so at least a day in advance. I’d rather give a call than install an app anyways. My experience taught me that taxis are usually around the same price as Ubers in densely populated areas and wildly more expensive outside of those. I’m not very experienced as an Uber user though since I generally prefer public transport.
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- korm 4y agoMust have been a black cab. I just checked and I can book a regular cab for £30-40 depending on the company, while Uber charges £48-55 between 19:30 and 00:30 for the same trip.
- zachkatz 4y agoTaxis in NYC are often (always?) way cheaper than Uber now.
- robertlagrant 4y ago> Ironically the one good thing the rideshades did was to get taxis to install credit card readers. Taxis are often half the price of an Uber these days. And they made taxi summoning apps better and more commonplace. They basically dragged taxis into the 21st century, which was pretty much never happening without some actual competition.
- robertlagrant 4y agoIn fact they're so innovative that Transport for London is now looking at taking the same sort of technology and using it to charge drivers for driving in London, with surge charging and allsorts.