10-08-2014, 11:38 AM
I've been wondering about Uber. What's the typical trip Uber trip length in other cities? Does K-W have the kind of geography where several people in one location are interested in sharing a taxi to another location? Is the typical Uber driver a commuter interested in making back their gas money, or an independent driver who principally drives? It will be interesting to see how the legislators and insurance companies react to this. How many people read all of the terms and conditions before they click "I agree"?
I know from my various cab rides that I've taken that, at least from a cab driver's perspective, business is frequently very slow. Conversely, a taxi license in very expensive (though I can't find the Regional figure at the moment).
Incidentally, here are the tally of taxi cabs, with the Regional ratio 1:1650 residents:
Number of Licensed Taxi‐cabs Taxi Company
2 Accessible + 85 Regular = 87 Golden Triangle Inc
3 Accessible + 73 Regular = 76 Kitchener City Cabs
5 Accessible + 78 Regular = 83 United Taxi
5 Accessible + 72 Regular = 77 Waterloo Taxi
8 Regular A‐1 Waterloo Taxi (Elmira)
2 Regular New Hamburg Taxi
(Sorry, I can figure out linking, so these figures come from http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/doingB...xiCabs.pdf)
I know from my various cab rides that I've taken that, at least from a cab driver's perspective, business is frequently very slow. Conversely, a taxi license in very expensive (though I can't find the Regional figure at the moment).
Incidentally, here are the tally of taxi cabs, with the Regional ratio 1:1650 residents:
Number of Licensed Taxi‐cabs Taxi Company
2 Accessible + 85 Regular = 87 Golden Triangle Inc
3 Accessible + 73 Regular = 76 Kitchener City Cabs
5 Accessible + 78 Regular = 83 United Taxi
5 Accessible + 72 Regular = 77 Waterloo Taxi
8 Regular A‐1 Waterloo Taxi (Elmira)
2 Regular New Hamburg Taxi
(Sorry, I can figure out linking, so these figures come from http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/doingB...xiCabs.pdf)