Ride services decimate S.F. taxi industry's business

Re:Ride services decimate S.F. taxi industry's business by henrikschroder on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @10:21PM (#8328182)

Meanwhile, outside the Valley, across the ocean, five years ago, some regular taxi companies where I lived launched hailing apps, all on their own. No startups required. Maybe the competition was stronger?

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Re:Ride services decimate S.F. taxi industry's business by sashanna on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @10:30PM (#8328198)

But those innovative taxi companies still charged a 10% surcharge for using your credit card. Which mysteriously dropped to 5% when Uber appeared on the scene.

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Re:Ride services decimate S.F. taxi industry's business by jfoster on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @12:06AM (#8328543)

Where is that? Would be interesting to know how Uber is doing in that market.

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Re:Ride services decimate S.F. taxi industry's business by henrikschroder on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @12:49AM (#8328664)

Stockholm, Uber just entered it, so that's going to be interesting to follow.

To be fair though, Uber's app is (now) better than the existing taxi company apps, with its integrated payments and map where you can see how far away your car is, so there's some value there.

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