Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown

Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by timr on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @07:01PM (#17720382)

Airport trips are relatively easy, as long as you're in normal operating hours. Drivers don't want to go places where it's hard to get a return trip. JFK has plenty of passengers both ways.

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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by kaishiro on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @07:05PM (#17720400)

This does not seem to jive with the parent comment to whom I was originally replying though:

"Ubers don't want to go to the airport for the same reason that cabs don't."

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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by timr on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @08:03PM (#17720693)

Seems consistent to me: Ubers don't want to places where they can't easily pick up a return trip; same as cabs. That's always been my assumption, anyway.

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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by jjeaff on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @08:22PM (#17720798)

This is a result of poor logistics on the part of Uber and Lyft. There are a large number of Ubers and lyfts that will drop off and have to leave the airport without a passenger, meanwhile, you can call you car and be told it's a 10min wait as someone who isn't even on premises accepts the fare.

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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by euyyn on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @09:43PM (#17721118)

Are they actually allowed to do that, or is there a regulation preventing it?

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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by kaishiro on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @08:26PM (#17720821)

Sorry, I'm confused now. You stated above that JFK has passengers going both ways - so isn't this exactly the kind of fare an Uber would want to take on?

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