Uber in Waterloo Region

[tomh009]

I used a taxi from the airport to the hotel in Phoenix last month, and Uber to go back to the airport.  Both drivers were fine, but the Uber car was much newer, cleaner and better working condition.  And the ride cost well less than half the taxi price.

Yeah. Uber might be a bit too inexpensive for the drivers to make enough money, but I think Uber would like to not pay drivers long-term anyway.

I was just in Vancouver and I noticed that the taxi companies there have absolutely terrible reviews on Google. I think it's one of the sectors with the lowest reviews around. (Ours seem to do slightly better). Also, Vancouver banned Uber and you have to get a taxi for the city that you're currently in. But there are 19 different municipalities in the area. So it's hard to tell which taxi company you can even call. Dysfunctional for sure.

I would be OK with paying something close to the taxi fare level for an Uber-quality ride.  That would still be a big improvement over taxis in most areas.  (London black cabs, Tokyo, Germany and some other places are clearly exceptions, with well-functioning, well-maintained taxi systems.)