Some Uber users in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego now have the option of paying for their rides and tipping their drivers with cash.<\/p>\n
The pilot program, which is also available in other big cities like Orlando and Dallas, allows verified passengers whose identity has been vetted by Uber through government-issued ID or documentations to choose a cash option. And only drivers with a \u201ctrack record of good feedback\u201d can participate in the pilot.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how the program works: When a rider requests an Uber through the app, the driver assigned to the person will see that a cash trip request and have the peace of mind that the passenger\u2019s identity has been verified.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The cash payment option has to be a two-way street: Even if passengers are willing to pay with cash, drivers can opt out. And it is not available from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.<\/p>\n
If a passenger doesn\u2019t have enough cash,\u00a0he or she\u00a0must pay the rest on the app. And if a driver doesn\u2019t have enough change,\u00a0the passenger will get UberCash to use on their next ride.<\/p>\n
Once riders choose the cash option, they won\u2019t be able to change their destination or add stops.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Uber said the pilot program aims to test out the cash option \u201cto make rides more accessible while giving drivers even more ways to earn.\u201d<\/p>\n
“We believe transportation should open doors for everyone. Yet the truth is, not everyone has access to a bank account or credit card\u2014and some riders simply prefer paying with cash,\u201d the rideshare company said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Not everyone is a fan of the pilot program as an Uber driver named Jose told NBC Los Angeles that the program doesn\u2019t seem realistic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to take me more time in places where I need to stop,\u201d the driver said. \u201cLet’s say there\u2019s a lot of traffic, and there are places where I\u2019m not supposed to stop. I can only just drop off people, and then that\u2019s going to take me more time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jose is at least one of the drivers who will choose not to participate.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf (passengers) are going to pay cash, good luck with that because I\u2019m not going to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Uber said it\u2019s also making safety recommendations for drivers, including keeping cash in places that are not visible to passengers and never carrying too much cash at once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some Uber users in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego now have the option of paying for…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":204128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337,522],"class_list":{"0":"post-204127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-transportation"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115155578642223429","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}