Uber Is Taking Millions of Manhattan Rides Away from Taxis

Re:Uber Is Taking Millions of Manhattan Rides Away from Taxis by StriverGuy on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @03:52PM (#10388975)

You obviously arent aware of how the Uber app works. If a driver receives only 1 or 2 severely low ratings, they are contacted by their managing office. After warnings they will eventually be fired.

Uber adds a level of accountability that NYC cabs do not have.

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Re:Uber Is Taking Millions of Manhattan Rides Away from Taxis by thoughtpalette on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @04:29PM (#10389238)

Per my driver last night, if you do get dropped from Uber because of poor ratings (minus 4.7 I believe), you just pay $60 to go to a Driver Enlightenment class to get reinstated in Uber.

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Re:Uber Is Taking Millions of Manhattan Rides Away from Taxis by GauntletWizard on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @07:12PM (#10390189)

Okay. $60, being out two days of driving... how many cabbies can afford to do that on a regular basis? $60 might not sound like much to me or you, but it's probably a third of a cabbie's daily take.

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Re:Uber Is Taking Millions of Manhattan Rides Away from Taxis by thoughtpalette on Thursday October 15, 2015 @11:57AM (#10393883)

I'm not saying it's cheap, just stating what I learned about being dropped from Uber as a driver.

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Re:Uber Is Taking Millions of Manhattan Rides Away from Taxis by brianwawok on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @03:59PM (#10389018)

So the yellow cab cabbies I see running Lyft + Uber while being horrible drivers must be the exception, right?

I feel like cabbie turnover is so high, if 1000 join Uber.. 200 get canned so switch to Lyft... 200 more cabbies will just join Uber the next month.

A rating system is good over the long term, but if people have an average life in a market of a few months - it doesn't do a bunch.

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