Eh, I don't know about that. The distance/location of ATMs has a lot to do with
which
ATM is right there, and what I'm charged to use it. Also, a lot of times when I take a cab to work, it's five or ten minutes I'm going to save. If I have to walk around the block to get to an ATM I want to use first, I might as well take the bus.
Or, to look at it another way, going to an ATM to get out cash could make a lot of the frivolous/lazy cab rides a lot less likely. How big a percentage those are of the total, I couldn't say.
And frankly, anymore, I tend to regard
anything
that I can't just use a card for as an annoyance or frustration point. I suspect I'm not alone in this, and getting less so every day.
The other thing is, if you're on a business trip, it's easier to get a charge put on a card than having to lay out cash and be reimbursed at some later date.
Not that I get to travel on business any more, but I'm familiar with the concept.
Just found out that my brother had another heart attack (mild) on Friday -- he didn't bother telling us until today, after hospitalization and a stent put in. I don't know whether to be appreciative that he didn't put Mom through some anxious hours or just pissed that he didn't tell us....
And frankly, anymore, I tend to regard anything that I can't just use a card for as an annoyance or frustration point. I suspect I'm not alone in this, and getting less so every day.
I think this is a lot of it.
Of course, you could let the market decide. Some cabs already had the cc machines, I don't know if anyone has studied if they had increased ridership.
Getting the equipment right would go a long way. I feel for the drivers being the guinea pigs while that mess gets straightened out.
I'm an auntie! Again! Niece was born at 3am. All is well.
Congratulations, Auntie paperdol! When will you get to count her toes in person?
Cool, paperdol!
I admit, knowing this one taxi line has CC machines means it's worth me storing the number in my phone instead of looking a company up on google every time.
On top of the fabulous meal, we began the evening with amazing drinks (I had cucumber gimlets.) in the Library at Bourbon and Branch aka Buffista bar heaven. The bar is unmarked. You buzz at the door and give the password “books” (i.e., I don’t have a dinner reservation but please let me go back into the bar). Someone then leads you through the restaurant to a swival bookcase/door and into a dark book-lined room.
Yeah, we need to make an excursion.
Tep, it wasn't here six years ago, I don't think. So you've probably only missed three years of its existence.
Yay, niece!
I have bacon salt.
Meara and Jilli and I went on a quest.
I just had bacon salt popcorn.
Nom nom nom.
I admit, knowing this one taxi line has CC machines means it's worth me storing the number in my phone instead of looking a company up on google every time.
New York taxis are all hailed, you can't call them. Car Services you can call, I assume they all take credit cards but I don't really know.
Yay, paperdol!!
I don't think the local car service I use takes credit cards. At least, it's not obvious that they do.
The other thing is, if you're on a business trip, it's easier to get a charge put on a card than having to lay out cash and be reimbursed at some later date.
This was my main excitement last night.
Basically, I would think some cab drivers would want the credit card machines (especially ones that mostly work the airports), but they shouldn't be forced to use them, and especially not with them being tied to the GPS. Which, as noted above, isn't accessible to the driver, only the passenger and The Man.
