Most airport roads predate Uber and often aren't physically designed to accommodate for the sorts of traffic volume they see after 20+ years in operation, so ai

Most airport roads predate Uber and often aren't physically designed to accommodate for the sorts of traffic volume they see after 20+ years in operation, so airports come up with all sorts of rules and compromises to try to avoid congestion problems at terminal doors. Some setup specialized waiting areas for Uber further out in the parking lot area, some have queueing systems, some just treat Uber as family pickups, some have dedicated Uber lanes, some share lanes with taxis, some are just completely dysfunctional and the driver just has to drive back around to avoid blocking traffic if they're there too early or it's too busy. It really depends on the airport. > I think ridesharing companies could fix all of these problems by creating a 'taxi' mode Uber actually offers this already in some places. Here in SF, I have the option of calling an actual taxi from the app, and I linked in another comment to a page about Uber's further interest in hailables. IIRC it also supports cash walk-ins in India, and it acquired Autocab in UK.