> I can remember trips 10 years ago that were $16 that are now closer to $40.

This is everywhere. I think Uber stopped subsidizing rides so much. For a while it wasn’t that much more than the gas + wear & tear to drive yourself. Totally wild. I’d use them all the time because they were stupid-cheap. Now they cost almost as much as a taxi, and there’s a reason I’d hardly used taxis in my life at all before Uber.