Uber vs Taxi

Taxi:

• Wait for a taxi in the area or call and wait
• Get in the car with a stranger
• $2.50 fall-pull charge plus $0.40 per mile
• Dependent on wealthiness of neighborhood to determine the availability
• Regulated by cab companies, city officials
• It is not public transportation
• Once you call a cab it is not guaranteed to come to your location.(Even is you reserve a cab)
• since all that means is that at the assigned time they'll put out a bid to see if anyone is interested.(they only guaranteed time is when going to an airport)
• So if you need a taxi from your house, you have to allow maximum padding time (for a phone to get answered, and hoping the cab will come)

Uber:

• Fast response
• Less cost
• The app is convenient
• Arbitrary
• Gets in a car with a stranger
• With app able to know what car you should lookout for
• Regulated by fate
• Is not public transportation
• You use a smartphone app to see which Uber's fleet of roaming town cars is closest to where you are.
• You send a pickup order: the closest car comes to an address you specify, or automatically to your GPS location.
• You tell the driver where you'd like to go: and at the end the fare is billed to your credit card

No fumbling with money or change at the end of the ride unless your trying to tip the driver.

So in the end it is safe to say that Taxi's has a lot of flaws to be corrected in order to compete with Uber driver. They have to start and try and change their ways in order to show that getting a ride from them is not expensive, and their rides will be guaranteed. Uber has done a great job with their availability, and them doing extra with treats, and chargers in their cars.