Despite initially launching as an alternative to traditional taxi cabs, far-Left Uber has now partnered with two companies to allow New Yorkers to order a yellow taxi via the Uber app.
that when Uber launched in New York City in 2011, it quickly went to war with the local yellow taxis. The Silicon Valley startup portrayed the traditional taxi services as greedy and corrupt, even calling them a “cartel.”
An Uber sign is displayed inside a car in Palatine, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. Uber has reached a deal to include New York City taxi cabs on its app, a move that will help to boost driver availability for passengers and open up a new set of customers for cab drivers. The announcement is the first large-scale agreement of its kind in the United States. Bruce Schaller, a former city transportation official, commented: “On the one hand, Uber and yellow cab seem completely like water and oil. On the other hand, when you go hail a cab or go to your smartphone to get an Uber, it will be the same experience as it was before. So it’s kind of like a big change and the same thing all at once.
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