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I can't think of a city with functional public transportation that doesn't have a taxi service. (I'm sure someone will come along and post one, which will be an

I can't think of a city with functional public transportation that doesn't have a taxi service. (I'm sure someone will come along and post one, which will be an interesting bit of trivia, but every city I can think of with good public transport also has some kind of taxi/close-equivalent service.)

rsynnott 4y ago
Sure, but it’s a question of relative size and importance. There’s probably always a use for some taxis, but you’re going to need more the worse the public transport system is.
- ghaff 4y ago
  It's not clear as a general statement. Manhattan has a pretty decent public transit system but there are also a huge number of taxis because the combination of the density and the subway system means relatively fewer residents own cars relative to more spread out cities without decent public transit.
  - rsynnott 4y ago
    I would suspect that Manhattan has fewer taxis/Ubers/etc per journey taken than places with poorer public transport, to be honest.
    - ghaff 4y ago
      In spread-out places without decent public transit, the overwhelming majority of journeys are presumably by people driving their own cars.