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> "How does Uber Pool even work during rush hour?" I haven't used it during rush hour myself, but I know some people who have. The short answer is: it doesn't
by potatolicious 10y ago
> "How does Uber Pool even work during rush hour?"
I haven't used it during rush hour myself, but I know some people who have. The short answer is: it doesn't work during rush hour.
All of the issues you've highlighted are issues, but even without some exceptional traffic just picking up and dropping off multiple people makes the whole thing interminably slow.
Not to mention that Manhattan below 125th St is subway central - I can see the value for people in Brooklyn and Queens who live in subway deserts, but Manhattan? Even regular non-pool Uber is already slower than taking the train during rush hour.
I can appreciate that uberpool is a great thing for people in other cities, but the product market fit for Manhattan is exceptionally poor. I wonder why Uber is bothering with this market when there are many others (see: SF) where this "unlimited pass" would be actually useful.
- CPLX 10y agoIt's useful for people who work out on the west side highway like at IAC or in the Starrett-Leigh building and live on like Avenue D or something. Or other similar oddly crosstown commutes that aren't necessarily gridlocked. Or people who work in hospitality like bartenders and so on who have to otherwise take a couple trains to get home. Which, I guess, is a use case.
- travisp 10y agoI've taken a taxi or Uber in Manhattan even when a train would be faster when I have a business call I need to take. I know that cell service/internet availability is a reason others I know will sometimes choose to take a car. I don't know that I would take UberPool however.