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Uber and Lyft make LAX a nightmare. Move them off site, but not taxis
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Not sure why this is a bad change? The congestion was crazy at LAX, this is only a step in the right direction.
Bad for the passengers, two stop to get on their Uber, bad for the driver, two stops to pick up a pax, good for upstairs cluster**** to the tune of 15%, nothing more or less. LAX will not be good until all construction done in 2024
Why is this? Is it because all those people were using public transport before rideshares came around?
There's no public transportation in Los Angeles, it's due to increased volume of travelers. 240 thousand people go through LAX daily and the airport isn't built for that. Here's the article I wrote for another blog.
https://therideshareguy.com/major-changes-for-uber-lyft-at-los-angeles-international-airport/
Makes sense. So it isn't right to blame it on rideshares. Those people were all getting to the airport somehow before uber came along...
Rideshare has definitely caused added congestion but the fact that LAX has become the second busiest commercial airport in the US has a lot more to do with it.
https://therideshareguy.com/major-changes-for-uber-lyft-at-los-angeles-international-airport/
Uber doesn't like the idea of the new pickup location
https://www-latimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-14/uber-letter-lax-lyft-pickup-system-changes?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&_amp=true&usqp=mq331AQCKAE%3D#aoh=15710952105980&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fcalifornia%2Fstory%2F2019-10-14%2Fuber-letter-lax-lyft-pickup-system-changes%3F_amp%3Dtrue%23aoh%3D15710952105980%26referrer%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%26amp_tf%3DFrom%2520%25251%2524s
Partially and partially because there are just too many empty cabs and rideshare vehicles sitting outside the airport at any given time.
The nightmare is about to begin, I will definitely not do pick-ups going forward
I wasn't shocked to hear that Uber/Lyft were being moved off site, but I was shocked that Taxis got dragged into it. It's a giveaway to Uber/Lyft even if they say otherwise. Taxis would have experienced a huge resurgence had they been allowed to stay at arrivals, but now they're in the time-out lot with the interlopers.
I agree, taxis just can't catch a break. They used to pick up at arrivals now they're lumped in with U/L drivers. It will be a terrible cluster****