There weren't any taxis before in SF.

"It's faster than the fucking taxis... of which there are five."

I'm surprised to hear there are no taxis in SF. However, in the city of San Francisco there are plenty of taxis. I take them all the time and they are still easy to hail from the street. There are plenty of times when I want a professional driver who knows The City, instead of some random person from the East Bay.