[whatever_dude]

This. This chart is not that relevant, even with green cabs. I'd be wary of drawing conclusions from this data in regards to Brooklyn as a whole.

A more interesting comparison would be Uber to Gipsy/black cars. Those are going down in droves as the drivers move on to Uber and Lyft. Not a big impact for the drivers themselves, I suppose, but I've seen a lot of those little, "local" black car telephone stations closing down. No point in calling someone and waiting an indeterminate amount of time for a car when you can use an app and see where the guy is.

That impact is probably just much harder to measure though since everything, especially the payment, is a lot more informal.

[thrownblown]

I left BK in 2009 just before uber. I took black cars everywhere. I had a band and we would book an SUV and get a Lincoln Navigator to drag our thrash metal crusty tour equipment instead of driving our own van to local shows.

These small black car businesses were often very personable if you had an account or even used the same number consistently to book drivers.

I know Uber hired theses sorts of companies to staff in the first few years. I wonder if they realize that by doing that they put themselves out of business, and how much of that capital has left the local economy.