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WEBVTT REPORTS, A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE INTEND TO LEAVE THE DRIVING TO SOMEBODY ELSE. >> FROM THE TRADITIONAL TAXI CAB, TO UBER, TO LYFT, ALL EXPECT TO BE BUSY ON NEW YEAR’S EVE. >> PROBABLY TAKE UBER OR LYFT, OR WALK, DEPENDING ON HOW FAR IT IS. >> UBER, UBER MAN, CAN’T DRIVE AROUND NEW YEAR’S, MOST DANGEROUS TIME. >> PROBABLY TAKE A LYFT OR SOMETHING, MAYBE TAKE A BUS. >> BUT YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BE DRIVING? >> OH NO, NO, NO, OF COURSE NOT, THAT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE IDEA ON NEW YEARS. [LAUGHTER] >> WE ASKED ABOUT AVAILABILITY ON SUCH A BUSY NIGHT, UBER SAID IT WILL STRIVE MAKE SURE CUSTOMERS CAN PUSH A BUTTON AND GET A RIDE WITHIN MINUTES, EVEN ON ONE OF THE BUSIEST NIGHTS OF THE YEAR. WHILE LYFT SAID IT’S DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE THERE ARE ENOUGH DRIVERS AVAILABLE. BOTH INDICATED THAT IT IS REMINDING DRIVERS THAT WITH RATES BASED ON DEMAND, THERE’S MONEY TO BE MADE BY BEING AVAILABLE. AS FOR THOSE LIKELY INCREASES, LYFT SAID RIDERS ARE ALERTED AND REQUIRED TO CONFIRM THEY ACCEPT THE MULTIPLIER BEFORE REQUESTING A RIDE. AND UBER STATED THAT IT’S LIKELY FARES WILL BE HIGHER THAN USUAL, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 A.M. AS WORKERS DOWNTOWN STARTED SETTING UP FOR ALL THE NEW YEAR’S EVE FUN, IN OUR UNSCIENTIFIC SAMPLE, WE DID NOT FIND ONE PERSON PLANNING TO DRIVE THEMSELVES TONIGHT. >> I WANT TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, AND I DON’T WANT TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AN ACCIDENT, IT IS NEW YEAR’S EVE, AND PEOPLE WILL BE DRINKING. >> WALKING, WALKING, HAVE A HOTEL RIGHT HERE, NOT TOO FAR. >> MEARS TRANSPORTATION IS THE DOMINATE TAXI PROVIDER IN TOWN. WE REACHED OUT TO THEM AND WERE TOLD THEY CAN’T SAY HOW MANY CABS WILL BE WORKING TONIGHT, BUT THAT THEIR RATES ARE FIXED AND DON’T FLUC

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