Uber Is Finally Telling Drivers How Much They'll Earn for a Ride

pcmag.com:

Uber is going to start telling drivers in the US how much they can expect to earn for a ride.

"One thing we’ve heard loud and clear is that making the Driver app the absolute best platform to earn requires three things: more flexibility, more choice, and more support," Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said(Opens in a new window) in a blog post announcing upcoming changes to its platform.

First up is a feature called Upfront Fares. "Our new trip request screen makes it easier for drivers to decide if a trip is worth their time and effort by providing all the details—including exactly how much they’ll earn and where they’re going—upfront," Khosrowshahi said in the blog post.

Next comes Trip Radar, which Khosrowshahi described as "a new feature that lets drivers see a list of other trips happening nearby" so they can "pick another trip that might work better for them" if they don't like the first trip offered to them by the ride-hailing platform.

It's surprising that either feature needed to be announced 13 years after Uber launched. Who—except for the people driving for the platform—would have guessed that Uber provided such little information about potential earnings or restricted drivers' choice of trip requests so much?

Khosrowshahi said Uber is also rolling out some other changes, including a partnership with "Mastercard, Branch, and Marqeta on a new Uber Pro debit card and checking account that will help drivers save on gas, fees, and more," to its drivers in the coming months.

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