fare cut

Today I found this lovely banner at the top of the Lyft app (on rider mode) - since no one else commented today about it, I assume is perhaps a small test or a personalized offer. But this is NOT GOOD AT ALL. Why? and a 50% fare cut?? Either UBER has become the cheaper alternative for Pax now...

I hearby declare Burlington, VT to be a dead market. There is no real hope for a surge after 3pm, and during peak times in the evenings now there are so many drivers you are lucky to score a string of two 3 or 4 dollar rides within an hour. In the mornings the surge is there only when drivers...

When I started in August 2015 it was $1.60 a mile and 30 cents a minute. It was cut to $1.60 and 25 cents a minute in latter September. It is now late March and as of today we are cut to $1.18 per mile and 20 cents a minute. They put in those temporary guarantees once again but they always find...

@@@@! Damn it to hell! We just got cut from $1.60 per mile to $1.18. It was $2 when I started in August. Of course they are putting in the phony guarantees that won't last long. This is absolute shit.

Well gentlemen, it has started! They have dropped our fares in Birmingham but have kept the minimum the same. (At least) Was £1.10 per mile and 0.15pm Now at £1 per mile plus 0.10pm Feels like I have been here before, oh yes when I was working in London 3 yes ago! I knew this day was coming...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/01/uber-cuts-prices-and-kneecaps-drivers.html 02.01.16 4:20 PM ET by Daniel Bates Uber Cuts Prices—and Kneecaps Drivers Slashing prices and wages is drawing comparisons to Walmart by striking drivers who say they are being treated like slaves. NEW...

Let's tell Uber to stop abusing its drivers.

What were the original rates when Uber first started in Detroit? I mean even before 75 cents a mile. I am trying to get an idea of just how far prices have been cut overall.