I refuse to use anything else than Blueline. always great and safe service. I don't need to worry that my driver isn't experienced enough.
And in a snowstorm, no one else can get you from one end of the city to the other as fast and safe as they do
May 2024
The cab drivers are mostly immigrants who mind their own business and mostly have a polite or neutral attitude which I like. There are the occasional who try to scam you into taking longer routes. I pre-booked yesterday and the cab driver never showed up, which made me late to my appointment. The dispatcher is useless and RUDE and extremely unhelpful. She told me to wait, when I had already waited for 5 minutes. Wasn't she supposed to check to see what was going on or cancel and offer another taxi? I ended up taking the decision to cancel the cab and called back, and she was still rude and inconsiderate that I would be late for my appointment, it was all about her.... read full review
May 2024
In June 2022 I called Uber just after midnight to book a cab for 4:30 a.m. I had a reservation on the 5:30 train. My home is a ten minute drive to the train station and traffic at that hour of the morning is next to nil. To my shock, the estimate for the taxi ride was $70.00. I declined and called Blue Line. Their estimate was $13.37. My recall is that the actual ride was that exact amount. I gave the driver a $20 bill and told him to keep the change: he had just saved me $50.00! Naturally, I haven't called Uber since June 2022. BTW, I always tip taxi drivers generously because I think they deserve it. They have to purchase gas regardless of price increases, Blue... read full review
I refuse to use anything else than Blueline. always great and safe service. I don't need to worry that my driver isn't experienced enough. And in a snowstorm, no one else can get you from one end of the city to the other as fast and safe as they do
The cab drivers are mostly immigrants who mind their own business and mostly have a polite or neutral attitude which I like. There are the occasional who try to scam you into taking longer routes. I pre-booked yesterday and the cab driver never showed up, which made me late to my appointment. The dispatcher is useless and RUDE and extremely unhelpful. She told me to wait, when I had already waited for 5 minutes. Wasn't she supposed to check to see what was going on or cancel and offer another taxi? I ended up taking the decision to cancel the cab and called back, and she was still rude and inconsiderate that I would be late for my appointment, it was all about her.... read full review
In June 2022 I called Uber just after midnight to book a cab for 4:30 a.m. I had a reservation on the 5:30 train. My home is a ten minute drive to the train station and traffic at that hour of the morning is next to nil. To my shock, the estimate for the taxi ride was $70.00. I declined and called Blue Line. Their estimate was $13.37. My recall is that the actual ride was that exact amount. I gave the driver a $20 bill and told him to keep the change: he had just saved me $50.00! Naturally, I haven't called Uber since June 2022. BTW, I always tip taxi drivers generously because I think they deserve it. They have to purchase gas regardless of price increases, Blue... read full review