[a5withtrrs]

Uber took over my local airport, a 100$ fare home now costs $200+ when, as you'd expect, a plane load of people call for an Uber all at once. 'Surge pricing'.

Now there's a rank for exactly FIVE (count em FIVE) taxis, a 15 minute walk from the terminal exit and a line a couple hundred meters long for the bus. This isn't a small regional airport. This is the international/domestic airport for a city of 5 million people.

Absolute madness and just another point of frustration I have to endure now when travelling.

[emsixteen]

When you say took over what do you mean? Did they wrangle themselves a deal with the airport for exclusive access to the prime spots or what?

[dieortin]

And yet another reason why using high speed rail is a much better experience than air travel. No need to take any taxis when you get off the train in the city center. (I know the US passenger rail infrastructure sucks and trains are worse for ultra long distances)

[madsbuch]

In my city the airport is connected to the metro. Statistics on getting to the airport:

Bus 3% Taxi 14% Metro 27% Train 33% Car 23%