Tag: Taxis

Survey shows New York City has the most rude Uber riders in the US

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Hey, see where you are going and get download this app! She says New York City has the most rude Uber riders in the country. A new survey by the ride-sharing giant finds — surprise, surprise — that Uber riders in the Big Apple are the worst in the US when it comes to manners, while riders in the Midwest and Sunbelt are much nicer. The regional ranking is based on the average ratings of riders given by Uber drivers – from one to five stars based on whether riders…

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Uber is exploring sending yellow taxis

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After all but killing the taxi business in New York City, Uber is now exploring the possibility of sending yellow taxis, according to documents reviewed by The Post. An Uber executive has lobbied taxi and limousine committee chair Aloysee Heredia Jarmoszuk over the idea’s ‘potential’, according to September Uncover the stress of the city. The CEO, Josh Gold, is an ally of Mayor de Blasio and a former lobbyist for the well-connected Hotel Trade Board. No details of his discussion with Jarmoszuk were provided in the file. Gold, Uber’s director…

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Uber and Lyft riders drop 15% in NYC, taxi rides soar

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Uber and Lyft rides in New York City are down 15 percent over the past few months — while yellow taxi fares are up 5 percent, reversing a long-running trend. New Yorkers took an average of 498,641 daily Uber/Lyft rides in June, but by September that number had dropped to 432,581, Commission on Taxi and Limousine data shows. Meanwhile, yellow taxi trips increased from 94,130 per day in June to 98,724 during the same months. New Yorkers once made about half a million taxi rides per day — until 2014,…

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Curtis Sliwa says he got hit by a taxi in NYC, then did a radio show

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This cat has nine lives. Curtis Sliwa, the cat-friendly GOP mayoral candidate who once survived an alleged botched mob removal operation, was hit by a cab Friday on his way to a radio show and is receiving treatment at Lenox Hill Hospital. “As I was running here to fulfill the watch I bought for this show on Eric Adams, the cab driver hit me, pushing me about 6 feet into the air outside Rockefeller Center, where the Rockets perform,” Sliwa said. WABC broadcast Friday afternoon during a paid venue he…

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