I'm a live-long born-and-bred Manhattanite and I use uberX any time I'm not already on the street; it's roughly the cost of a yellow cab and much more convenient and pleasant. (And you get an SUV about 1/2 the time, even after they stopped forcing the SUV drivers to accept uberX calls.)
I also, just last week, took my mom to the hospital lying down in an Uber SUV which was (even at the 1.5 rate) a whole lot cheaper than an ambulance, and more convenient even than their own car which we would have had to get out of the garage and then park at the hospital.
I also, just last week, took my mom to the hospital lying down in an Uber SUV which was (even at the 1.5 rate) a whole lot cheaper than an ambulance, and more convenient even than their own car which we would have had to get out of the garage and then park at the hospital.