{"id":16298,"date":"2016-12-20T20:30:37","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T04:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=16298"},"modified":"2016-12-22T09:21:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T17:21:56","slug":"las-vegas-visitors-give-cab-companies-giant-middle-finger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-visitors-give-cab-companies-giant-middle-finger\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Visitors Give Cab Companies Giant Middle Finger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Las Vegas visitors are fed up with unscrupulous taxi practices and aren’t going to take it any more.<\/p>\n

Recent numbers released by the Nevada Taxicab Authority show taxi trips are down a whopping 19.2% year-over-year (November 2015 to November 2016).<\/p>\n

That’s a drop of of more than 4.2 million riders, many looking to avoid price gouging and “long-hauling” (taking riders to their destination via longer, more expensive routes) by using rideshare services Lyft and Uber.<\/p>\n

Taxi companies also say yearly revenue is down 13% since October of 2015.<\/p>\n

\"Boo,
Boo, meet hoo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While many taxi drivers operate ethically, a few bad apples have undermined trust in the Sin City taxi industry.<\/p>\n

One example of an awful business practice on the part of taxis is a $3 fee for using a credit card to pay one’s fare. An audit claimed taxi companies overcharged riders $47 million in one year with gratuitous fees. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The arrival of Lyft and Uber in Las Vegas has shaken up a decades-old monopoly, and the taxi industry is scrambling to make sense of the skyrocketing demand for “convenient” and “reasonably-priced” transportation.<\/p>\n

\"Lyft
Ridesharing services are truly a gyft.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s to the continued success of Lyft and Uber in Las Vegas. When Lyft and Uber win<\/a>, we all win.<\/p>\n

Now’s a great time for cab companies to take a long, hard look at the way they do business. Rather than deflecting or blaming, it’s time to institute change and rehabilitate their badly tarnished image. It’s time to get a clue and transform the taxi culture of greed and being tone deaf to the needs of customers.<\/p>\n

In Las Vegas, evolution isn’t optional, it’s essential to survival.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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