DAY ONE.

If ever a city should lose its taxi business to Uber, it's Miami. Calling a taxi in Miami is a hit or miss proposition. First all they have the crankiest, most unpleasant dispatchers. Amazingly it doesn't matter when you call, it always sounds like the same rushed and short-tempered woman. And what she tells you is almost never true. Last night, after a party in Coral Gables, the front desk clerk ordered us a cab that was supposed to arrive in 15 minutes. Twenty minutes later, nothing. A second call went unanswered. A third and fourth call resulted in busy signals. Forty minutes later, nothing. This is not unusual in Miami. I have had mostly bad experiences with Miami cab companies for thirty years. It was another hour before we could secure a cab on the street. We picked that up at a bus stop foolishly hoping Metro Transit planned some activity for New Year's Eve. Naturally they didn't. I say more power to Uber.