The struggle of Uber and Lyft’s high prices

With the entry of a lot of competitors, looks like uber and lyft is not alone in the ridesharing industry. With Waymo, a self-driving autonomous vehicle as one of their competitors, which makes it much safer for a passenger to travel around the city without the thought of being sexually assaulted and becoming a victim of theft. Another competitor of Uber and lyft in Asia is Grab which offers riders to pay on a fixed rate whichever distance they traveled.

With the advances in technology, the growing gig industry now offers various services to beat the competition such as food delivery, car rentals, grocery delivery, financial services and many more. 

 

We can see that Uber offers various services for their customers aside from ride sharing, carpool and rental cars. Now, you can get anything delivered anywhere you want while you stay wherever you are located whether you are in office busy working or at your home resting, let uber do the rest and save you the time and hustle of going out and driving back and forth, you can also get uber to pickup or deliver your package for you which makes it easier for you to get your tasks done.

As for Lyft, they now offer rental scooter and bike rides making it more easier for a customer to travel from Point A to Point B.They also partner up with Grubhub so, their customers can save on food delivery. Another thing is that they now offer the options to be matched with women and nonbinary drivers making it more safe and secure for you travel, so there’s nothing to worry there ladies if you’re traveling alone and hailing a ride. A cool thing is that, they let you subscribe through their subscription called lyftpink which you can claim for a month for free then pay afterwards but the thing is you get to have complimentary priority pickup, an exclusive savings on standard and XL rides and receive a forgiveness cancellation if you ever change your mind about hailing a ride. 

For Lyft, they offer a price lock pass in which you would pay a small amount to lock in an amount to set a price when you’re taking the same route. Saves you pennies, dimes or even taxes.

We can conclude that  Uber and Lyft is such a booming industry and the gig society just can’t get enough to expand the business as what the industry offers is necessary for the society but when you’re a in the working class and busting your ass working paycheck to paycheck hustling in the streets of San Francisco, with the rent ultimately so high and can’t afford yet to buy your own car most San Franciscans would choose to commute via bus, bart and train everyday rather than hail a ride to save some of that extra bucks.

When you’re starting to get and bring your life together you need all that extra bucks to save rather than spend. Taking an Uber and Lyft is a big save to where you’re going, as it not only  saves you a lot of hustle from the stress of taking the bus, train and bart but it is much way safer to take a ridesharing service to take you to the place where you want to be but then we have to be reality wise for the penny-wise and taking a commute is a much better option for the working class, so please for the gigsharing companies, do help out a fellow student and middle class worker here on their journey and can you cut back a little on prices still?