> 1. An Uber or Lyft driver can show up to work "whenever they want" because the company doesn't need them at more specific hours. If they had a shortage of dri

> 1. An Uber or Lyft driver can show up to work "whenever they want" because the company doesn't need them at more specific hours. If they had a shortage of drivers at certain hours, they would certainly require drivers be available at least to some extent at those hours. I doubt they would need to require anything as surge pricing would increase the incentives to drive until some equilibrium was reached, presumably.