Storm surge: Uber just doubled car service pricing in NYC
Uber’s smartphone personal vehicle service.
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New Yorkers already are having a tough time getting around in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, but Uber just made it a little harder, at least on the wallet.
The company, which provides an app for locating and booking car service, says today that it has reinstated “Surge Pricing” in the city. Basically what that means is car drivers can charge astronomical fees to shuttle riders around. Yesterday, that would have been about double the normal fare, based on what Uber ended up paying drivers.
In New York, where public transportation has…
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