Angry Drivers
Passengers from hell? Complaints or suggestions for Uber and Lyft? Glaring problem with the industry? Do you have stories of your horrible experiences with rideshare services? Leave your comments here and share your stories.
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Ogden Avenue
Listen to me read a cab story from one of my books: https://samarov.bandcamp.com/track/ogden-avenue backed by improvised music by Bill MacKay …
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People aren't nice about Bird scooters, are they? [pic]
Is this the future?
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MEDIUM COOL (Only Really Old People Will Get The Title)
In order to keep my brain working while I drive in endless circles in midnight DC, I take black and …
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Chicago Hack
Filmmaker John McNaughton has optioned the books I wrote about my cabbie experiences in order to make a TV series …
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Uber for XYZ - The Big List
I did a paper on "Uber for X" and the Gig Economy. This is a year or two old, but …
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Video Interview from My Last Day Driving a Cab
Chicago journalist Jack Silverstein shot this video interview on June 23rd, 2012, my last day driving a taxi.
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Uber and Lyft are fighting a critical battle against New York City — and this time, they might not win
The New York City Council is preparing to approve a one-year cap on new licenses for ride-sharing firms — including …
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Are taxis officially dead? How are they surviving?
So, we used to hear the feud between Uber and Taxi quite a bit in the past, but I feel …
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As a driver, what are some annoying things passengers do to you?
Some passengers just don’t get it. What are some things that annoy you? Add to the list and let me …
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Martin Scorsese's TAXI DRIVER and Me
This is an excerpt from Where To? When I began driving a cab in fall of 1993, Taxi Driver provided …
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Why is Uber better than a Taxi?
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Europe and Asia will beat US to the autonomous vehicles. They actually have plans.
Their governments are enacting legislations around the deployments as well as testing of autnomous vehicles, while US continues to fumble …
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Airports have been hit by the rise of Uber and Lyft [Economist]
https://www.economist.com/gulliver/2018/11/19/airports-have-been-hit-by-the-rise-of-uber-and-lyft
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"Suicides Get Taxi Drivers Talking: ‘I’m Going to Be One of Them’"
Six NYC cabbies have killed themselves recently: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/nyregion/suicides-taxi-drivers-nyc.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
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Sting on Uber drivers picking up street hails
Guy interrupts two undercover cops conducting a sting to catch people picking up street hails.
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My interview with Alex Cohen on Spectrum Channel One this week
I was ready to debate Uber and Lyft but the chickens did not show up they declined invitation.https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/inside-the-issues/2019/08/09/rideshare-drivers--have-their-concerns-been-heard-?cid=share_clip
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Uber and Cabify pause services in Barcelona after taxi strike turns violent [TechCrunch]
Oh, man. The Barcelona's protest continues and is now escalating. Taxi drivers are up with pitchforks! A two-day taxi driver …
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Should we be tipping Uber drivers if all they did was drive and get us to the destinations, doing what they were paid to do?
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Eighty-seven, and left by the side of the road by Uber [Boston Globe]
Not cool, not cool at all. Basic human decency comes into play here as a driver. She and her husband …
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Is "Ubering While Black" a thing?