Originally Posted by
RafKa
This situation is less to do with the short ride distance from SDU and much more with the fact that many Uber drivers (and taxis) are uncomfortable going up to Santa Teresa. The combination of steep, winding streets they’re unfamiliar with, along with the area being more dangerous than average, and the fact the driver will seldom find a fare back from there means many drivers just don don’t bother. This has been a problem for years.
Exactly this. The city lets cab drivers charge the higher rate 2 fares when going up into the hills to incetivise them.
As others have said, the solution here was to offer additional cash on top of the automatically calculated Uber fare. There was no supply to meet the demand at the official price, the clearing price was higher