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"Following\u00A0reports\u00A0from The Verge\u00A0that Uber has shuttered its taxi service in NY, the transportation startup has publicly confirmed this is true on its blog, blaming\u00A0New York\u2019s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) for putting up &amp;quot;obstacles and roadblocks in order to squash the effort.&amp;quot; Going further, Uber explained to users that, in the\u00A0meantime, they are welcome to &amp;quot;try UberTAXI in more innovation-friendly cities&amp;quot; -- effectively calling out NY for stifling\u00A0innovation.\r\n\r\nIn today's blog post, Uber released some statistics from its 30 day attempt:\r\n\r\n\r\n\t160 cabbies participated in Uber TAXI beta\r\n\tBiggest payday \u2013 one top UberTAXI driver made $168 additional fares in a single day!\r\n\tBiggest week \u2013 Joe E. made $586 additional fares with UberTAXI in a week!\r\n\r\n\r\nUber has consistently made many enemies out of traditional taxi services and government regulators in the past, but has also managed to gather a large fan base of users itching to support its cause of opening up transportation. Even though my personal support for the service\u00A0continues, I can't help but feel Uber's recent risks aren't\u00A0strategically\u00A0sound.\r\n\r\nWith UberTAXI now out of\u00A0commission\u00A0in NY, the startup has managed to alienate taxi drivers and users that took a leap of faith to embrace the new service. It was frustrating enough that using the app to hail a taxi never worked for many users, but now that the option is out of the picture, its eventual return wont be too exciting for me. Additionally, although I find the TLC to be in the wrong, Uber likely could have spent more time nurturing that relationship instead of fighting it, like\u00A0Get Taxi seems to be doing.\r\n\r\nHeres to hoping that innovation makes it way to NY's transportation systems soon.\u00A0Uber's other services\u00A0are still available in NY, including UberX, which is only a little more expensive than a traditional cab.\r\n\r\nImage credit:\u00A0AFP / Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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