On Tuesday, Uber announced its latest change, long distance pick up fees. Yes, this means Uber will now charge passengers an extra fee when it takes a driver around eight minutes or more to come pick them up.
The new fee was released under Uber's "180 Days of Change" program in an attempt to give Uber drivers more driving incentives.
This extra fee will effect those living out of the city in less populated areas where drivers are more spread out. While it may frustrate suburban riders that an extra fee will be tacked onto their Uber …
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Ever wanted to work for Uber, but have a car that doesn’t meet the requirements – or maybe you don’t own a car at all? Rest assured, the rideshare giant has a solution to the problem.
Uber has recently partnered with Zipcar – the hourly car-sharing company – to help expand their driver base beyond the pool of people who already own their vehicles. Allowing non-car owners to rent cars through the Zipcar program lowers the barrier for perspective Uber drivers to test out the service and determine if it is something they would be interested in continuing, as opposed …
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The rideshare industry was introduced as an initial solution to fix traffic congestion in major metropolitan areas by reducing personal car ownership and therefore decreasing the number of cars on the road. While this knowledge about ridesharing has been a widespread belief since companies like Uber and Lyft first became popular, a recent ground-breaking research study states otherwise.
The study completed by researchers at UC Davis illustrates that the majority of ridesharing users (91%) have not made changes to whether or not they own a vehicle. Further, the research concludes that 49%-61% of ridesharing trips would not have been made …
Happy Holidays RideGuru Fans! 2017 has been quite a year in the rideshare world. Uber has taken many hits from #deleteUber to Susan Fowler's whistle blowing essay regarding Uber's unfit workplace culture. Travis Kalanick stepped down as CEO along with a number of other high executives, sexual harrasment cases seemed to appear in the news daily, and Uber finally initiated their "180 days of change" movement. Lyft for the first time ever grew at a rate faster than Uber (in NYC) and took a big international leap into Canada! Smaller rideshare companies popped up every other week …
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Now that both Uber and Lyft allow you to tip your driver through the app, many riders are worried that drivers will rate passengers based on the amount they tip. Here is how both Uber and Lyft reveal how much passengers tip.
Uber drivers do not see their tip amounts until after they have rated you. In fact, Uber drivers have to rate their passengers before they can even accept another fare. In the Uber driver app the driver must swipe to complete the ride and at that point they are immediately taken to a ratings screen. This makes …
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