Shannyn, I disagree with you on Uber and Lyft. I worked in the visitor industry and it was very hard to get a taxi in Anchorage in the summer tourist season. When you call you get put on hold, and if you do get to talk to a dispatcher, you have to wait a very long time for the taxi to show up, if it showed up at all.

Taxi companies want to limit competition so they can keep charging high prices for crappy service. I used Uber in London and Portland OR, and found the experience to be far superior to a taxi.

One time I had to go to Aniak for business. There was not car rental or taxi of any kind. Uber and Lyft would be a perfect fit for small Alaska communities with no taxi service. It would also give locals a way to make extra money.