Right. That's a grain of salt I take when I talk to Uber drivers. That said, I've had several drivers who were former taxi drivers, and much prefer working for Uber.

Here in Minneapolis, the taxi driver business is dominated by our large (30k+) Somali community. I'm starting to see Somalis and Kenyans more as drivers now, when just a year ago they tended to be caucasian. This tells me Uber is making a real dent in the taxi driver employee base.