Central Coast Taxis

I can no longer drive due to multiple medical conditions and am waiting for access to Community Transport. I needed to rely on buses and taxis until approval came through. I still use buses and taxis for short journeys not covered by Community Transport. Over a 2 month period, I needed to wait for over an hour, on 4 occasions, for a taxi. I missed one specialist appointment and needed to reschedule and on another occasion had the $50 of meat I had bought go off while waiting for a taxi in 35+ degree heat. On 2 of these occasions I was at a Taxi Rank, at my local shopping centre. I used Taxis and not Uber on principle, as I have seen many similar industries collapse over the past decade. I now use Uber only and would advise everyone to do the same. Uber have their issues but having to wait for a long period of time is not one of them. Taxis always state "first available" whereas Uber will give you an exact arrival time and price. I have had taxi drivers add a tip, without my knowledge. Uber drivers can't do this. The Taxi industry have had about a decade to adjust to the problems that Uber have presented them, and nothing seems to have changed. I now treat Taxis as dinosaurs, extinct.