Two days ago, Uber announced that they were reverting back to multiplier surge for Uber Drivers in Calfornia to address concerns from AB5. This is in conjunction with Uber removing upfront pricing in California. Upfront pricing hides the surge multiplier and shows you a set price, which prevents users from knowing exactly how much more expensive the ride is than normal.How … [Read more...]
Uber Removes Upfront Pricing and Brings Back Multiplier Surge in California AB5
For the last few years, Uber has present riders with a guaranteed fare rate called "Upfront Pricing." Also over the past few years, Uber has steadily adjusted this upfront pricing to riders so that they can charge riders much more than what they pay drivers. There have been occasions where Uber's algorithm gets upfront pricing wrong and charges too little, but from all the data … [Read more...]
Lyft Quietly Bans Subcompact Vehicles
Lyft Quietly Bans Subcompact Vehicles The vehicle requirements for Lyft and Uber have generally been fairly broad. They used to allow any road worthy 4 door vehicle that has 5 or more seat belts that has passed a vehicle inspection. This allowed many types of vehicles, including 4 door pickup trucks, compact, and subcompact vehicles. Ever since driving my 2004 Lexus IS300, I … [Read more...]
Uber Removes Destination Filter in NYC, Lower Rates in Chicago
Uber Removes Destination Filter in NYC, Lower Rates in ChicagoUber is always changing their services to better meet market demands. Most recently, Uber has drastically changed the pay rates for drivers in their biggest markets. They have reduced per-mile rates and drastically increased per-minute rates to better address trips with a lot of traffic. The downside of this … [Read more...]
Uber Cuts Driver Trip Rates in Two Biggest US Cities
Uber Cuts Driver Trip Rates in Two Biggest US CitiesUber is always tweaking how much drivers earn per mile and minute. When Uber changes the per-mile and per-minute rates, it only affects driver earnings. Passengers pay a completely difference price due to upfront pricing. It is unclear if passenger fare rates will be affected with this change but driver earnings will … [Read more...]