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Ride Genie App Seeks To Replace That Other Ride-Share App

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Ride Genie hopes to be the new way you hail a cab in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas residents may not have Uber, but smart phone users need not fear – another ride-hailing app is here.

Ride Genie will basically function the same as its illegal-in-Nevada counterpart, where customers can store their credit card information within the app, and when they need it, hail a taxi via satellite location. The app will send the request to a universal dispatch system, and give the assignment to the nearest taxi driver. Instead of being an actual company ran by independent drivers - Ride Genie is actually a function of the taxi cab companies.

But there’s a catch:  in addition to the standard taxi fare, users have to pay the additional $3 charge for automatically using a credit card, and, a 20 percent gratuity is conveniently added for you. The app seeks to help taxis become more readily available in residential and suburban areas of Southern Nevada – which is what Uber sought to do in the first place.

But with a more costly price tag, will the Ride Genie app be a success in Southern Nevada?

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Rick Velotta, Road Warrior columnist, Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Prior to taking on the role of Broadcast Operations Manager in January 2021, Rachel was the senior producer of KNPR's State of Nevada program for 6 years. She helped compile newscasts and provided coverage for and about the people of Southern Nevada, as well as major events such as the October 1 shooting on the Las Vegas strip, protests of racial injustice, elections and more. Rachel graduated with a bachelor's degree of journalism and mass communications from New Mexico State University.