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I guess the issue here is that it's illegal for the taxis to pass up fares based on where the passenger is going. The fact that it happened 5 times in a row is

I guess the issue here is that it's illegal for the taxis to pass up fares based on where the passenger is going. The fact that it happened 5 times in a row is telling. The taxi industry is the exact group fighting for more regulations in order to keep companies like Uber from competing, but they don't want to follow the regulations currently in place. Experiencing things like this really helps show that the transportation industry is ripe for being disrupted and that companies like Uber are making serious inroads.

glenra 14y ago
The taxi industry is not the same thing as taxi drivers. The taxi industry is dominated by the people who own taxi medallions, not the people who drive taxis. The people who actually drive taxis are oppressed by the idiotic inefficiencies of the current regulatory system, much like Uber is. For instance, cabbies. can't charge more when it's raining. Or snowing. Or if you've asked for an especially undesirable location.