UBER UPDATE HEADING
Riders who choose the Local Cab option will not get an ‘Uber’ as such as the driver and vehicle will be from the respective companies in the programme. In this programme, the local cab operator sets the cost and cashless payment is made via the app as usual, Uber said. Uber will integrate with Autocab’s iGo network that could connect passengers with up to 80,000 private hire and taxi drivers in the UK. Director at Capital Cars, Stephen Rose, said: “We look forward to making Local Cab available to the people of Edinburgh. We feel that now, more than ever, a product like Local Cab is needed – with demand for taxis continuing to rise and passengers in need of more options.” Ash Kebriti, UK General Manager at Uber, said: “We think it will be a win-win for both riders and drivers, giving passengers more choice and providing more earnings opportunities for drivers as they meet the high levels of demand in the city. “We’re looking forward to launching Local Cab in more UK towns and cities soon.”
UBER RAISES PRICES IN LONDON BY 10 PER CENT FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2017
Uber raised its prices across London for the first time since 2017. The 10 per cent price rise across Greater London came into play on Thursday 11 November. According to My London News, the rise will be even more significant for some trips to the airport, with an additional 25 per cent charge to travel to the airport through Uber at “peak times”. These rises in price mean that Londoners will pay even more than before for off-peak journeys, and the minimum fare across the capital will rise 50p, from £5 to £5.50. Uber reportedly is hoping that this change will encourage more drivers to continue working for the taxi service and will attract more to join, as their pay packets will increase. This driver shortage has reportedly led to increased prices and longer wait times for Londoners hoping to use Uber’s services, as there are fewer drivers to take them on their journeys. Airport fares will rise by 15 per cent at peak times on top of the 10 per cent blanket rise. The base fare is currently £2.50 and will rise to £2.75. The per-minute and per-mile rates will also rise by 10 per cent. An Uber spokesperson told the Evening Standard: “We’re making these changes to help provide a better rider experience, by signing up more drivers to meet the growing demand. “We know people rely on Uber to book a safe trip around London and this small fare increase will help reduce wait times As always riders will get a fare estimate before booking their journey.”
DECEMBER 2021
UBER EXPLORING DISPATCHING YELLOW CABS IN NEW YORK CITY
After all but killing NYC’s taxi business, Uber is now exploring the possibility of dispatching yellow cabs, according to documents reviewed by The New York Post. Uber executive, Josh Gold, has lobbied Taxi & Limousine Commission chief Aloysee Heredia Jarmoszuk on the idea’s “potential,” according to a September city lobbying disclosure. No details of his discussion with Jarmoszuk were provided in the filing. Gold, a public policy and communications director at Uber, declined to comment. New Yorkers took about half a million yellow taxi rides per day, until 2014, when Uber and Lyft came on the scene. Now New Yorkers take slightly under 100,000 each day. Through the TLC’s “E-Hail” programme, app users could potentially see yellow cabs as another option alongside the basic “UberX.” Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has commented that the company, as it grows, would always have a need to recruit more drivers. “I don’t think we’re ever going to have enough drivers,” he said. Uber and Lyft daily ridership in the city is down double digits over the past few months, according to TLC data, likely because of driver shortages. Low supply and high demand mean skyrocketing fares - and thousands of daily riders ditched the apps for yellow cabs, according to the TLC data. New York Taxi Workers Alliance leader Bhairavi Desai told The Post her 25,000-member union, which includes Uber and Lyft drivers, would “remain open-minded” to the idea of Uber-mediated hack hails. The financials of the potential arrangement are unknown, including whether the app would get a cut of cab rides it dispatches. Desai said Uber’s usual 25 per cent commission for drivers wouldn’t work, given the costs of operating a traditional taxi. “I think they want to replace their volume,” she said. “Especially in a moment when a lot of the drivers are not going back.” New Yorkers could arrange yellow-taxi rides through Uber, formerly known as Ubercab, back in 2013. Desai believes Uber dropped yellow cabs once enough of its cars were on the road.
“Our thing is, you have to protect full-time work. Whether it’s yellow cab drivers or Uber and Lyft drivers, we want to see standards lifted for all the drivers,” she told The Post on outside City Hall, where a cabbie hunger strike had just ended.
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