Be careful if your plans involve using Uber or Lyft at RDU (Raleigh: 2014, taxi cab)

[Jkgourmet]

Article from Saturday's paper: RALEIGH: RDU says Uber and Lyft drivers breaking airport taxi rules | Wake County | NewsObserver.com

I'm not surprised. Other airports in other cities have banned them entirely, or are making them pay extra fees.

[Myghost]

How would they even know? (And I don't know about Lyft, but Uber has said they'd pay any penalties for drivers (and I assume riders) that they incur.)

[don6170]

Originally Posted by Myghost

How would they even know? (And I don't know about Lyft, but Uber has said they'd pay any penalties for drivers (and I assume riders) that they incur.)

The pink mustaches on Lyft cars are pretty hard to miss

Here's another recent thread on the topic
//www.city-data.com/forum/ralei...s-raleigh.html

[SFspiderman]

Ya, there's no liability for riders here, only the drivers, and Uber is covering theirs. So nothing to worry about on your end...if the driver will take you there, you're good to go.

[NYC2RDU]

Just seems like a thinly veiled attempt to generate revenue by RDU.

[ma91pmh]

Originally Posted by NYC2RDU

Just seems like a thinly veiled attempt to generate revenue by RDU.

Yep exactly... same protectionist crap we have seen in many cities Uber has started up in

[castleguy47]

The taxi situation at RDU is pretty bad. It takes forever to get a ride and the drivers are not professional and most of the time decline your ride if you can't pay in cash. I totally welcome UBER as an additional option for RDU (never used lyft).

[Waterboy526]

All I have to say is I took Uber for the first time in DC in May and it was AWESOME! My sister pulled up her app and requested a car (2 blocks from the white house). A driver responded and we got to see his location on her phone for the 3 minutes it took for him to get to us. He then took all four of us from there to Nationals ballpark (about 4+ miles away) and it cost us a grand total of $13. A taxi cab would have easily been twice that amount.

The driver had a beautifully detailed brand new car and was friendly and curious. I was amazed honestly.

[Jkgourmet]

Originally Posted by castleguy47

The taxi situation at RDU is pretty bad. It takes forever to get a ride and the drivers are not professional and most of the time decline your ride if you can't pay in cash. I totally welcome UBER as an additional option for RDU (never used lyft).

I agree that Uber and Lyft are a good addition to the transport system because I believe in competition. But the competition needs to be fair. If the taxi drivers have to have a license to pick up and deliver to an airport, then Uber and Lyft needs to follow the same rules.

I've NEVER had a problem with the RDU taxi service. Pick up and delivery have been on time, minimal wait time at airport, professional, polite and never a demand for cash. And we live in Brier Creek, so it's a $15 cab fare (or less) with a minimal tip - exactly what a cab driver doesn't want. I hope you reported the drivers.

[Kids_Dentist]

Originally Posted by NYC2RDU

Just seems like a thinly veiled attempt to generate revenue by RDU.

Ding ding ding