Taxi industry on the ropes as UberX expands into Perth

By Liam Ducey
Updated October 9 2014 - 6:23pm, first published 5:32pm
Statistics show the WA taxi industry is having a harder time than ever making ends meet - just as Uber enters the market. Photo: Andrew Quilty
Statistics show the WA taxi industry is having a harder time than ever making ends meet - just as Uber enters the market. Photo: Andrew Quilty
Statistics show the WA taxi industry is having a harder time than ever making ends meet - just as Uber enters the market. Photo: Andrew Quilty
Statistics show the WA taxi industry is having a harder time than ever making ends meet - just as Uber enters the market. Photo: Andrew Quilty
Statistics show the WA taxi industry is having a harder time than ever making ends meet - just as Uber enters the market. Photo: Andrew Quilty
Statistics show the WA taxi industry is having a harder time than ever making ends meet - just as Uber enters the market. Photo: Andrew Quilty
Statistics show the WA taxi industry is having a harder time than ever making ends meet - just as Uber enters the market. Photo: Andrew Quilty
Statistics show the WA taxi industry is having a harder time than ever making ends meet - just as Uber enters the market. Photo: Andrew Quilty

Department of Transport statistics have confirmed that cabbies could be working longer hours in an effort to compensate for a downturn in the industry, just as Uber expands its low-cost ride-sharing service UberX into Perth.

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