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NewPhillyResident t1_jcexchp wrote

TL;DR:

Taxis (zone 5 adjacent to baggage claim doors) were going to have to swapl with ride share (zone 7, across and down the road a little from zone 5). They complained and now are going to be sharing zone 5. Some taxi drivers were cool with this (?) But now they're complaining again.

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First, it's kind of sad-funny the article emphasizes how the drivers have been complaining directly to Jim Kenney. Beyond that, taxis and ride-sharing both suck at the airport; unless you get the fixed rate fare I think at this point anyone watching the meter tick up assumes they're being somehow cheated, and the rideshare wait-for-your-driver-then-watch-them-fuck-up-parking-and-pulling-way-from-the-curb system is gigantically annoying at the airport as well.

Unfortunately taxis being unwilling to adapt to what people want is why rideshare exists at all, and rideshare is fundamentally unable to improve dispatch in this case for a number of reasons, so I guess sorry taxis, maybe if you had spent the last 10 years improving the taxi system instead of complaining you wouldn't still be losing and complaining now.

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sugr_magnolia t1_jcfs6t8 wrote

>emphasizes how the drivers have been complaining directly to Jim Kenney

It's especially funny to me because the last time they did their blocking traffic/horns blaring thing around City Hall, it was a day when Kenney was clearly not even there. You can te when he is or isn't at CH based on whether his entire car detail is parked outside. I'm all for protesting and making noise, but to do it when it's not even hitting its intended target doesn't make much sense.

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PROMETHEUS606 OP t1_jcglmhd wrote

The other problem here is that riders get charged maybe $30 frm PHL to CC , but Rideshare drivers only get maybe $12 out of it , it’s called “ price gauging “

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