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Aside from all the points everyone has made about a better, cheaper, faster service, I'll go on a limb and say, the current taxi system is socially irresponsible

After a night of getting #### faced, drunks are willing to do the responsible thing and leave their vehicle behind and take a cab home. They're willing to pay good money for it too. The problem is they can't get a cab because there isn't enough cabs in the system to work peak hours. Instead of allowing part time cab drivers on the street, they hold the numbers back for the benefit of full time cab drivers so they may make a certain ideal salary

So what's a drunk to do at 1am? he can't take transit as they've already gone out of service at that time. So his choice is to either wait it out in the cold street, or take his chances and drive home drunk. Had there been enough cabs on the street, drunks wouldnt have to make that choice as they'd be safely on their way home. This f'd up taxi system is essentially pushing more drunks behind the wheel by limiting the number of taxis during peak times

if Uber is allowing more people to arrive home safely and lower the number of drunk driving fatalities, all the power to them

F the Taxi industry