The big news here isn’t that passengers get lower fairs and drivers who speak English, it is the crash in pricing for the cab medallions which means less government revenue.
Competition is good. Not earth-shattering news for us, but a shock to many in our current US of A.
Maybe off topic, but how is it that, in so many cities, the foreign born are the ones driving cabs nowadays?? It’s rare to find someone born in this country driving a taxi. The stereotypical New York cabbie with the Brooklyn accent has gone the way of the dodo bird. What happened??
even here in L.A., there are at least 5 start ups for taxi services’ which are NOT taxi services just like Uber. I’ve used Uber a couple of times and i get to pick which driver i want. The last time i used a cab the jackhole tried to gouge me $60 from Hollywood to LAX when it averages $35. With Uber, it cost me 15.