Is this still true with the Curb app?
Well, if you're white, yes. The reason why Uber was embraced SO quickly in NYC was because people of color were effing tired of having yellow cabs pass them by on the street b/c they didn't want to take them to Brooklyn or the Bronx (or not be around at all to go TO Manhattan).https://twitter.com/AJDelgado13/status/1027300061422776320 …
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Less of a problem now -- largely because of the app technology and the Uber/Lyft competition.
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Have you tried it? as good as uber?
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I have -- primarily when I'm in Midtown and need a cab running around town with my mom. You get in, punch in the code in the cab's TV screen and it syncs with your phone. When you get out, it charges your credit card. I've only used it once so far to hail a cab, but it worked.
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Also true for in Manhattan above about 110th St.
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Yep. I live in Washington Heights.
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I did too for several years. I didn’t usually have trouble getting a cab to take me there from midtown (TBF, I’m white, though), but it was near impossible to find a yellow cab to take me the other direction. Had to use liveries.
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More importantly, how about this, I’m a grown adult, why should government limit my ability to get a ride using a service like Uber?
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Yellow cabs are driven by 95+% POCs, right? Wonder why they're so racist to blacks??
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Here's a column I wrote three years ago. Hope it puts things in context.https://nypost.com/2015/07/19/uber-vs-yellow-cab-fat-cats-mayor-sides-with-the-wrong-new-york/ …
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She doesn't live in NYC and is totally clueless. Uber is best thing that happend to transportation for all New Yorkers. No need for the race card.
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It's not the race "card" if I'm using an experience-based example, not to ask for special favor or dispensation, but to demonstrate how race can play a role in certain circumstances. Also, Ms. Delgado lives part of the time in NYC.
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Robert, this is an assumption. You’re suggesting cab drivers are racist when in actual fact most are of color & ethnic. However, as a tourist in NYC, Uber was a great experience & added to our vacation whereas the one cab ride we had was a nightmare. Different experience.
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1) Not an assumption. One vivid experience of placing my hand on door of a yellow cab (stopped) and, as light changed, it accelerated through intersection to pick up a white couple. This happened. 2) Some people say POC can't be racist against black people. I'm not one of them.
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Also because it was cheaper and embraced tech quickly. If it was the same price as taxis, it would have never been as popular.
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Not so sure about that. The frustration black folks had with yellow cabs made them desperate for options -- regardless of cost.
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I usually dont balk at the everything is about race stuff but I've seen my black friends experience it, so I think he has a valid point to an extent. But why do u think the cabbies werent stopping? Just pure racism? Other reasons? Confirmation bias? Looking for real discussion
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But I also agree that the app and service was "frictionless" 1. Good name that rolled off your tongue. Cant overstate how important this 2. App easy to use and setup. 3. First try and users were hooked (commitment & consistency) 4. Social proof marketing
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"Frictionless" in the sense that trying it out for the first time is insanely easy. Cant overstate the importance of this
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Agreed. My first Uber was in nyc and I was amazed how easy it was. And don’t forget about predictability. No more standing outside with your hand in the air hoping a cabbie will decide to stop.
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