The number of taxi rides taken in Los Angeles has plummeted by nearly a third and the volume of prearranged taxi rides has fallen 42% since Lyft and Uber started operating in the area, city data shows. People took nearly 8.5 million taxi rides in 2012, a year before the two services started, but that…

via Uber and Lyft Are Decimating the Los Angeles Taxi Industry, Data Shows — TIME

The airport we flew into on our trip was 40 minutes east of Orlando in Sanford, FL. We took Uber to and from there and saved a ton of money over taxi, rental and shuttle. We recommend Uber to anyone needing a ride from one place to another in a big tourist town.