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Community => Transportation, Mass Transit & Infrastructure => Topic started by: I-10east on April 30, 2014, 07:16:36 AM

Title: Lyft Enters Jax, Local Cabbies Aren't Happy
Post by: I-10east on April 30, 2014, 07:16:36 AM
The ride sharing service Lyft has recently entered the Jax market, to the dismay of local taxi companies. The local taxis are concerned that their bottom lines are being hurt by upstart companies like Lyft and Uber. 

www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2014/04/30/as-lyft-enters-jacksonville-market-local-taxi.html

Title: Re: Lyft Enters Jax, Local Cabbies Aren't Happy
Post by: ben says on April 30, 2014, 08:11:16 AM
Maybe I'm being a little....superficial...the that whole pink mustache thing is a huge turnoff to riding around in a Lyft vehicle.

Loving Uber, though.
Title: Re: Lyft Enters Jax, Local Cabbies Aren't Happy
Post by: I-10east on April 30, 2014, 08:25:13 AM
^^^LOL, I must be blind. I'm very unfamiliar with ride sharing services, and I didn't even notice that pink mustache on the car. It goes without say concerning which person comes to mind when Jacksonville and mustaches are mentioned.  Khan eating some strawberry ice cream. :)
Title: Re: Lyft Enters Jax, Local Cabbies Aren't Happy
Post by: ProjectMaximus on April 30, 2014, 10:21:34 AM
Like I said in the other thread, I am loving lyft right now. Mainly cause it's free!! (during the first two weeks)

Anyway, one of the drivers did tell me that the mustaches make them stand out to cabbies, and in other cities cabs have been known to try to run them off the road.

Ben, if you really dislike the mustache you could ask your driver to remove it. lol.
Title: Re: Lyft Enters Jax, Local Cabbies Aren't Happy
Post by: mtraininjax on April 30, 2014, 12:15:53 PM
Whoa, watch out the JTA Riverside Trolley won't like it either. Good for us, to have choices and options for transit! Time for sharing of bicycles too in Riverside/Avondale!