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“A lot of people really want to make Uber and Lyft the bad guys in this, but my study finds that while there is still a gap between black and white riders, it’s so much better than the appalling state of our taxi industry.”
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Lyft and Uber serve low-income communities better than taxis
Posted 7 years, 3 months ago
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desitrevino
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Comments
Wow, taxis are terrible at customer service. That bar graph is insane.
Makes sense, a lot of rideshare drivers themselves live in low income communities.
Is there a bit more context on this? Maybe a link to an article? You mention "low-income", but all I see is race and gender. ...or is the research assuming that "Black = poor?"
Also, the Y-axis says, "Share of Trips cancelled." What does that mean.
Source?
According to the article, two black men were asked for money upfront by taxi drivers. I would be so pissed if this happened to me.