My recent survey of Uber/Lyft cars is they're absolutely every bit as shitty as some of the Yellows out there.
No cabby objects to going to Brooklyn and hasn't for almost 10 years.
Uber/Lyfts at JFK constantly call and try to ask where I'm going before they pick me up.
The Curb app is fine.
The problem is not the medallions but the centralization of medallions. Owner/operators are usually much better than the dude renting the cab and medallion from some shady ass company.
The TLC should do more to fix the cabs - and we should support them fixing cabs and owner/operators at the expense of Uber/Lyft. The competition is good, but Uber/Lyft are no better than the medallion squatters.
No cabby objects to going to Brooklyn and hasn't for almost 10 years.
Uber/Lyfts at JFK constantly call and try to ask where I'm going before they pick me up.
The Curb app is fine.
The problem is not the medallions but the centralization of medallions. Owner/operators are usually much better than the dude renting the cab and medallion from some shady ass company.
The TLC should do more to fix the cabs - and we should support them fixing cabs and owner/operators at the expense of Uber/Lyft. The competition is good, but Uber/Lyft are no better than the medallion squatters.