[Actionjax]

So I have been polling riders who use the services to see if Uber is loosing ground in the rideshare market. Also if there is a loss of ridership in general back to traditional Taxi services.

Love to get you your feedback on what the customer preferences and based on how busy you are and where most of your passengers on average come from.

 

[Lolinator]

So I have been polling riders who use the services to see if Uber is loosing ground in the rideshare market. Also if there is a loss of ridership in general back to traditional Taxi services.

Love to get you your feedback on what the customer preferences and based on how busy you are and where most of your passengers on average come from.

Tall trees near the king and Portland

 

[dmoney155]

Been doing uber mostly, recently started lyft... so far number of pings between both is about even.

 

[Kodyhead]

It's a case by case basis I actually use lyft and uber in addition to driving fulltime so it will be a combo

I personally think uber is king as far as availability, reliability of cars showing up in a reasonable time and price. Quality of drivers is a gamble but mostly average to good. As far as upfront pricing you know what your gonna pay as with lyft.

If you are in a rush in a metro area nothing is faster than hailing a cab. I personally don't care if it is old dirty car but if I am in a rush it is what it is. You can use navigation to see if they are not ripping you off but it's not really worth the fight and sometimes there is a hassle with payment. Cash only, no change cc machine broken, or a higher min for example $75 min on a $60 ride. This behavior essentially created uber

Lyft as a rider from my limited experience is store brand soda or cereal at the market. It looks like rice crispies and is cheaper. Some times there is no difference and sometimes it's worse.

Sometimes The wait time and availability is an issue on lyft. I pick whoever is cheaper but I have seen drivers change 1-3 times in the lyft rider app. Lyft is consistently a little cheaper and more stable price wise.

There is another big issue down here with Lyft but it doesn't seem to be in other markets so I won't add it in.

I just go with the cheapest by myself. X or lyft.
With friends I usually go XL and try to get s LUXSUV lol.

I don't think I will take a cab here but open to it in other countries

 

[Yam Digger]

My pax haven’t volunteered anything about trying Lyft. I do get the impression though that allot of pax have been going back to the taxis. Have you noticed the cabbies haven’t been complaining about us lately and they seem to be doing good business when I see them on the road. I’m even considering getting my cab license and giving it a try when I get laid off for summer holidays.

 

[Harry70]

So I have been polling riders who use the services to see if Uber is loosing ground in the rideshare market. Also if there is a loss of ridership in general back to traditional Taxi services.

Love to get you your feedback on what the customer preferences and based on how busy you are and where most of your passengers on average come from.

With Lyft Uber rider promotion more riders are using ride sharing. Lyft has done inroad but still uber pick up eta is better . Most Rider prefer lyft if driver is close by and rates are similar

 

[Thumper2x]

My pax haven't volunteered anything about trying Lyft. I do get the impression though that allot of pax have been going back to the taxis. Have you noticed the cabbies haven't been complaining about us lately and they seem to be doing good business when I see them on the road. I'm even considering getting my cab license and giving it a try when I get laid off for summer holidays.

Laid off for the summer... Called EI

 

[imsam]

And the fact that uber allows cab drivers to find pax using the uber is totally ridiculous. That's a face blow to uber drivers. I wish they'd stop that. Uber drivers have less resources to find pax already but give the competition more resources? Sigh.

 

[Actionjax]

And the fact that uber allows cab drivers to find pax using the uber is totally ridiculous. That's a face blow to uber drivers. I wish they'd stop that. Uber drivers have less resources to find pax already but give the competition more resources? Sigh.

Not sure what you are talking about. Cab drivers use Uber Taxi. If they use X then they are doing it against the rules. Pax are not checking the plates on the car and reporting it.

 

[imsam]

Not sure what you are talking about. Cab drivers use Uber Taxi. If they use X then they are doing it against the rules. Pax are not checking the plates on the car and reporting it.

Yes. That's what I meant.

A pax can request a taxi from the uber rider app. In this case, the uber and taxi driver make money - granting taxi drivers access to potential customers who use the uber app.

A similar comparison would be, the taxi standing zone management allowing uber drivers to stop there to pickup pax then doing the trip in the app manually.

The uber app should be for finding uber drivers only and the taxi stances are for taxi drivers.

 

[Actionjax]

Yes. That's what I meant.

A pax can request a taxi from the uber rider app. In this case, the uber and taxi driver make money - granting taxi drivers access to potential customers who use the uber app.

A similar comparison would be, the taxi standing zone management allowing uber drivers to stop there to pickup pax then doing the trip in the app manually.

The uber app should be for finding uber drivers only and the taxi stances are for taxi drivers.

I disagree. Anyone who uses Uber should have a choice on the service they wish to get. They don't save anything by using Uber Taxi. But for me it's a quick way to get out of passengers who don't have a car seat for their kids. I tell them they selected the wrong service and should use Uber Taxi as they can take kids without seats. UberX can't.

don't forget the Taxi's built Uber before UberX. So why shouldn't they be allowed. If you want street pickups then become a taxi driver.

 

[#professoruber]

1. Uber maintains majority of the market share. I hate to admit it, Uber is forward thinking even though I hate the rates and how drivers are getting shafted.
2. Lyft riders are the Uber rejects that have a hard time getting a ride on Uber. Lyft is Uber 1-2 years ago.
3. Taxi's market the old folks that have no clue what Uber or Lyft is. They also get the bread crumbs when demand exceeds supply of drivers. At that point, riders will do anything to get home

 

[imsam]

I disagree. Anyone who uses Uber should have a choice on the service they wish to get. They don't save anything by using Uber Taxi. But for me it's a quick way to get out of passengers who don't have a car seat for their kids. I tell them they selected the wrong service and should use Uber Taxi as they can take kids without seats. UberX can't.

don't forget the Taxi's built Uber before UberX. So why shouldn't they be allowed. If you want street pickups then become a taxi driver.

I don't think you're understanding me. I talking from an Uber driver's perspective. Uber allow Taxi to find passengers benefits only uber and the taxi driver, not us, the uber drivers. Also, I don't personally want to wait in the taxi stance. That was an example.

If that's fair tactic, why don't we have access to taxi dispatchers that when someone calls a cab, we'll get a ping on the app. It doesn't happen because there's no deals made.

To me, what's being done is a "screw you" move to uber drivers. What next, allow Lyft drivers to get pings from within uber app?

 

[Actionjax]

I don't think you're understanding me. I talking from an Uber driver's perspective. Uber allow Taxi to find passengers benefits only uber and the taxi driver, not us, the uber drivers. Also, I don't personally want to wait in the taxi stance. That was an example.

If that's fair tactic, why don't we have access to taxi dispatchers that when someone calls a cab, we'll get a ping on the app. It doesn't happen because there's no deals made.

To me, what's being done is a "screw you" move to uber drivers. What next, allow Lyft drivers to get pings from within uber app?

Again your not a Taxi. And Taxi Drivers are using the app as a digital dispatch service. They are not taking your passengers. They are taking their passengers. They would have those passengers regardless as those passengers would never take UberX.

My Fiancé would never take an UberX. She takes Beck. And if she was to use Uber she would use Uber Taxi and not UberX.

She would however use Select if it was more reliable in the type of driver she got.

You also don't have access to taxi dispatchers because you are not a Taxi. You need to pay for that privilege to work independent from a platform. That's what Rideshare driving is. You are not a Taxi.

 

[CDNcrippler1]

1. Uber maintains majority of the market share. I hate to admit it, Uber is forward thinking even though I hate the rates and how drivers are getting shafted.
2. Lyft riders are the Uber rejects that have a hard time getting a ride on Uber. Lyft is Uber 1-2 years ago.
3. Taxi's market the old folks that have no clue what Uber or Lyft is. They also get the bread crumbs when demand exceeds supply of drivers. At that point, riders will do anything to get home

Number 2 is not true in our market. Waaaaay too many Uber drivers. I have never heard a Lyft pax say they chose Lyft because they couldn't get an Uber

 

[imsam]

Again your not a Taxi. And Taxi Drivers are using the app as a digital dispatch service. They are not taking your passengers. They are taking their passengers. They would have those passengers regardless as those passengers would never take UberX.

My Fiancé would never take an UberX. She takes Beck. And if she was to use Uber she would use Uber Taxi and not UberX.

She would however use Select if it was more reliable in the type of driver she got.

You also don't have access to taxi dispatchers because you are not a Taxi. You need to pay for that privilege to work independent from a platform. That's what Rideshare driving is. You are not a Taxi.

Wow! Today, I just realized I'm not a taxi. Captain obvious. Never have I said I am a taxi (nor wanted to be one). It was an example.

It seems, you can't understand my posts. Because you're not even at the point trying to debate against my argument, but completely missed it.

Of course, they are using it as a digital dispatch service. That's what literally the Uber Driver app is!!

Not sure if it's worth a try to explain you but I'll try a last time.

Uber allowing taxis to use the app benefits the taxi drivers and uber only. Not their native uber driver. It's like uber is playing a double agent, just because of the money. To me, that's totally a greedy move - so careless of their own drivers. How can you not see this is not a good thing for the uber drivers?

 

[clearport]

Uber allowing taxis to use the app benefits the taxi drivers and uber only. Not their native uber driver. It's like uber is playing a double agent, just because of the money.

What about registered black car drivers, should they be ousted because of non licensed limo drivers on the Uber platform?

 

[imsam]

What about registered black car drivers, should they be ousted because of non licensed limo drivers on the Uber platform?

That's a different case. Uber requires a registered plate to be provided to have access to the uber black platform. So either way, as long as they meet the rest of the requirement, there's nothing unethical about it. It's not like uber accepts entries to the platform without a limousine plate. So.

 

[clearport]

That's a different case. Uber requires a registered plate to be provided to have access to the uber black platform. So either way, as long as they meet the rest of the requirement, there's nothing unethical about it. It's not like uber accepts entries to the platform without a limousine plate. So.

And Taxis need a Taxi license to have access to the UberTaxi platform. Regardless whether you like or not, the game is and will always be stacked against you.

 

[IERide]

My Uber to Lyft ratio is about 10 Uber rides to 1 Lyft ride (if you don’t count Medical Insurance Contracted Lyft rides).