"For the first time he is seeing Uber drivers applying to become taxi drivers"


In San Francisco the number of people applying for taxi driver licenses (called A-cards) is increasing. The Uber drivers are applying to become taxi drivers.They realize they can make a higher hourly wage driving cabs than Ubers.

An experienced taxi driver in San Francisco makes between $150 and $300 in take-home pay a day. Uber drivers earn an average of $19.04 an hour – but that excludes expenses that come out drivers’ own pockets, including gas, maintenance and insurance.

Yesterday, in New Haven, during a surge, I managed to make $10/hr.Seeing that I turned off my app and went home.

Read more here: The Uber Impact: Taxis Stall, Then Accelerate in San Francisco

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