Yes there are cab companies in LA. There aren't many and they are just awful. Never any place you need them, you have to call a dispatcher and they never show u

Yes there are cab companies in LA. There aren't many and they are just awful. Never any place you need them, you have to call a dispatcher and they never show up remotely on time (sometimes not at all, or in bizarre cases three show up at once and fight over you), incredibly expensive, in very short supply at peak times. I left LA before Uber hit but I've heard from friends basically the same synopsis of what this article states, it's transformed cabbing it on weekends which is a huge deal