Your "more available" point is so important to me that I'm willing to pay Uber prices for regular cabs if they can make that happen. I've used Taxi Magic and called in the past and never had much success in terms of reliability, and well, I'm not one for standing around for 15 minutes on a street like Market or Van Ness trying to flag down a cab. Which I have done in the past, and I'm tired of doing it. I want to give cab drivers my money, but apparently they don't want it.
About the only time I've found myself in a cab in a timely manner is with the taxi zones at SFO. That happens to be pretty much the only time I ever get a non-Uber ride too.
About the only time I've found myself in a cab in a timely manner is with the taxi zones at SFO. That happens to be pretty much the only time I ever get a non-Uber ride too.