I think Russel that the taxis in Anchorage hit their ceiling awhile back but anchorage is nowhere near it's saturation limit thus creating a kind of disbelief that there couldn't possibly be any more taxis. I am going to give you an example. There is a taxi company in Bismarck North Dakota, taxi 9000, they were servicing the city with 8 taxis. Crazy right, they even had the attorney at city hall convinced that there wasn't enough business for anymore cabs and they believed it. Supply and demand said it wasn't true they just weren't supplying enough so most of the market share fell by the wayside. 
Understanding that.transportation falls under supply and demand. I don't think anyone hates cab drivers I just think people believe that they are being under serviced