Should Yakima ban Uber?
A lot of people in Yakima have used Uber before and are excited that we finally have it here. I grew up in a town where you would have to wait forty-five minutes to an hour-at minimum- for a taxi. Of course, my hometown city of Nashville has a much wider geographic and demographic location than, say, the city of Yakima, but it is not uncommon to, even in Yakima, have to wai
Back in April I returned from a trip to California to visit family. Normally I have a ride setup from YKM but this time I wasn't so fortunate as my flight arrived a couple of hours late and the ride I had couldn't make it. I didn't want to pay $20 for a taxi so I downloaded the Uber app on my iPhone and found out that Uber wasn't servicing the Yakima area at that time...
I remember when I took a taxicab for the first time. I was in Salt Lake City and it freaked me out. I believe that I was 13 and with my mom and dad, so I was safe, but it was crazy as heck. Lots has changed with taxi service since then -- thanks in large part to Uber, which gives anyone the chance to be a cabbie with their own car or truck.