It's only illegal if you get caught! :D This was part of Uber's early strategy when cities responded with citing drivers of rideshare services. At this point,

It's only illegal if you get caught! :D This was part of Uber's early strategy when cities responded with citing drivers of rideshare services. At this point, I've seen a rideshare stop in the center of an intersection with traffic to let people out, so maybe the cities were right in the end...