But also like, why would you accept that? Just take a bus. They're everywhere.

they have no problem doing it on the PA turnpike, so it should be easy enough to implement.

Peak usage plus bad weather can result in some obscenely high rideshare prices. I'm assuming it was one or a combination of both.

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The very few times that I've been stuck with taking a cab in the last few years, they've still tried to pull the "card reader isn't working" BS each time.

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...why

This is a bad excuse man, when I drove DoorDash for a few weeks I made a concerted effort not to park illegally in ways I blocked traffic, because I know how much of a problem it is for other drivers. I get that it’s a grind to make money on those apps but no one is being hypocritical here

I seem to have had the opposite experience of almost everyone in this thread. I exclusively take cabs from airports because there's no waiting around - they're right there! And 99 times out of 100 it's a pleasant ride home. Sometimes they ask me which way I want to go, which is annoying, but that's about it. I live in Fairmount, though, which puts them in the flat rate zone.

Lyft, on the other hand, has been a complete shitshow. On multiple occasions, just recently, I've had to stop drivers (who were ignoring the directions the phone was shouting at them) from doing things like going West on 76 when they should be going East, etc. Or driving erratically, or having an extra person in the car and then stopping for gas and that other person, who kept trying to engage me in conversation, lighting up a cigarette as they pumped gas. It is to the point where I pretty much never want to take Lyft in Philly again. It isn't nearly as bad in other cities.

I'm glad that the taxi person lobbied to keep the taxis at Zone 5. I absolutely loathe crossing traffic to get to the taxi.

What's the cost of a Philly medallion for a cab (if they even exist or are worth anything any longer) you always heard how the ones in NY were $$$

in new york the buses on those routes (bus rapid transit) have cameras and send tickets directly to the license plates.

Like at a bar or a distributor? Can I DM?

every driver should thank a cyclist every chance they get. that's one extra car off the road, leaving more room for you.

“I’m not really parking. I’m just stopping for a minute to run inside real quick. Not very long. And the closest parking spot was a block away. I’ll be right back”

Some of the north jersey total wines claim to have aguila in stock per their website.

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Google shows a couple places for aguila. I know for sure a place with it but I don’t know the etiquette with name dropping places on Reddit

They're required by law to accept card payment. Usually it's not actually broken, they just want cash.

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Exactly. This is one of the many ways the city could increase revenue with relatively minimal effort.

While waiting for the long red-light to change on Broad st, the so-called hookers coming out of the Carlyle Hotel would proposition you. They were some of the worst looking prostitutes I ever seen.

The thing about that is if a taxi denies you a ride because of where you’re going you can report them and they risk having their medallion revoked. Same with driving without a working credit card machine or taking you somewhere you didn’t ask to go.

Taxis are regulated. Meanwhile the quality of the rideshares has gone way down and are worse than taxis now

Taxi companies: we want to run over the people who call ubers so make them cross the road to zone 7 so we can hit them with our battered Buick le sabres

Yes exactly right

Right, my mistake