The volume of traditional taxi rides available in Los Angeles has reduced by one third since the introduction of ride - sharing services such as subway and Lyft . The taxi Times reports that people took almost 8.5 million taxi rides in 2012 , the year before the two services started , but that number declined to just over 1 million in 2015 .
The volume of traditional taxi rides taken in Los Angeles has reduced by one third since the launch of ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft. The LA Times reports that people took almost 8.5 million taxi rides in 2012, the year before the two services started, but that number dropped to just over 6 million in 2015.