Uber arrival on Friday ends taxi monopoly, but how many drivers will be on the road?

By Kirsten Lawson
Updated April 24 2018 - 8:14pm, first published October 29 2015 - 7:26pm

Uber begins taking passengers at midday on Friday, signalling the end of an era for Canberra's taxi industry, but the ride-sharing firm would not say on Thursday just how many Uber drivers it expects to be picking up passengers from day one, beyond saying it would be in the "hundreds".

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