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I would take Uber over rude Manhattan cabbies any day. My personal experience with Manhattan taxi drivers after living in NYC for last two years. 1) They drive as if they are on a rally track. I have had never experienced motion sickness before until I moved to Manhattan. 2) If you ignore the tip or tip them in the range of $1-3 you get snarky remarks from them. 3) If you try to hail a cab and (regrettably) ask the t…
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Here is the problem 1) Uber comes in pays well - sources on the net for hip drivers - You get awesome English speaking nice drivers 2) Uber starts to drop rates 3) Good Uber drivers quit for lack of pay, existing cabbies start to drive for Uber 4) You end up getting the same cabbies as before Uber, but with surge pricing. It takes a while, but eventually it ends back up in the same exact place as before :( Totally ha…
Here is the solution; 1) Uber comes in pays well - sources on the net for hip drivers - You get awesome English speaking nice drivers 2) Uber starts to drop rates 3) Good Uber drivers quit for lack of pay, existing cabbies start to drive for Uber 4) Alternate company, takes lower margin, pays drivers well and offer better customer experience. 5) Uber hold some inertia in via brand name while the majority of the marke…
It doesn't seem to me that your crucial step will work. Uber is worth >$50bn, but more importantly has a substantial amount of cash on hand. I can't imagine anyone could out last them in a price war.
(from the article):
CHANGE IN APRIL-JUNE PICKUPS, 2014 TO 2015
BOROUGH UBER TAXI NET
Brooklyn +1,123,969 +299,388 +1,423,357
Queens +655,525 +191,974 +847,499
Manhattan +4,045,735 -3,685,504 +360,231
Bronx +126,283 -265 +126,018
Staten Island +3,920 +192 +4,112
Manhattan (core) +3,818,179 -3,830,621 -12,442
It appears that Uber significantly improved the coverage for the more economically and ethnically diverse boroughs of NYC: (from the article): CHANGE IN APRIL-JUNE PICKUPS, 2014 TO 2015 BOROUGH UBER TAXI NET Brooklyn +1,123,969 +299,388 +1,423,357 Queens +655,525 +191,974 +847,499 Manhattan +4,045,735 -3,685,504 +360,231 Bronx +126,283 -265 +126,018 Staten Island +3,920 +192 +4,112 Manhattan (core) +3,818,179 -3,830,…
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This is very illegal, and you can report the taxi's that pass you.
Problem solved!
But discussions like this are loaded with people who assure us that certain ultra-common behavior "is illegal", as if that somehow settles it, so I'm going to tolerate otherwise content-free reminders that this is not true.
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> I think they're rude because they aren't held accountable for their rudeness In chicago you can call 311 but you have to register a case and show up in the court on the hearing date.
Chicago has a rudeness court?
You can't really complain about general rudeness, but most usually the really rude behavior breaks at least a couple rules.
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Here is the problem 1) Uber comes in pays well - sources on the net for hip drivers - You get awesome English speaking nice drivers 2) Uber starts to drop rates 3) Good Uber drivers quit for lack of pay, existing cabbies start to drive for Uber 4) You end up getting the same cabbies as before Uber, but with surge pricing. It takes a while, but eventually it ends back up in the same exact place as before :( Totally ha…
The quality of Uber drivers in San Francisco has dropped all the way to the point where I simply will not try to use Uber anywhere near downtown. They will accept the ride and the app will show they are "1 minute" away, however it will often take upwards of 15 minutes for them to reach me because they don't know their way around the city and are confused by all the one-way streets in downtown. I promise I"m not exagg…
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Here is the problem 1) Uber comes in pays well - sources on the net for hip drivers - You get awesome English speaking nice drivers 2) Uber starts to drop rates 3) Good Uber drivers quit for lack of pay, existing cabbies start to drive for Uber 4) You end up getting the same cabbies as before Uber, but with surge pricing. It takes a while, but eventually it ends back up in the same exact place as before :( Totally ha…
Re #4: really? How long do drivers with All else equal (and many say all else isn't equal here of course, though that argument cuts both ways), a system with SOME accountability is better than a system with none. [1] http://uber-partners-static.s3.amazonaws.com/chicago_uberx/f...
What I find interesting is that Uber doesn't seem to be having an effect on private car use. From the article, in the busiest part of New York, "Uber gained 3.10 million pickups, while taxis lost 3.09 million." I read this to say that almost every Uber ride would have been a taxi ride if Uber did not exist. It doesn't seem to be replacing private car use at all. If it were, we'd see Uber rides increasing faster than…