> They don’t get paid to get to your location so the only advantage as a driver is being picking up someone in the area you drop off another passenger. That's

> They don’t get paid to get to your location so the only advantage as a driver is being picking up someone in the area you drop off another passenger. That's why the GP talks about a "distributed mesh" of drivers. There's simply more Uber drivers than there have ever been taxis in most places. So in the age of Uber if you're in a suburban area there's a high likelihood there's an Uber driver near you. So there's a small amount of unpaid driving time for the driver. There's also a decent chance of them finding a return passenger at the destination thanks to a similar increase in the number of potential riders vs taxis.