May 11, 2015, 8:51 pm
Last edit by: themicah
Mainline passenger services in US markets:
Specialty passenger services in US markets:
Specialty passenger services ex-US:
Non-passenger services:
Temporary Promotions:
- UberX (non-commercial driver in a basic car in most markets, licensed livery driver in NYC)
- UberXL (non-commercial driver in a larger vehicle with six passenger seats in most markets, licensed livery driver in NYC)
- UberSELECT/UberPLUS (non-commercial driver in a nicer car in many markets)
- UberBLACK (licensed livery driver in nicer livery cars in most markets)
- UberSUV (licensed livery driver in a larger livery vehicle with six passenger seats in most markets)
Specialty passenger services in US markets:
- UberT/FOR HIRE (eHail ordinary taxis in NYC, SF, DC, SEA, etc.)
- UberWAV (eHail wheel chair accessible taxis or licensed paratransit vehicles in NYC, LA, SAN, etc.)
- UberASSIST (UberX with drivers trained to help disabled people into the car in LA, HOU, SAN, etc.)
- UberFAMILY/CAR SEAT (UberX with a child seat for $10 more in NYC)
- UberPOOL (UberX with possibility of sharing ride with another passenger in SF, LA, NYC, BOS)
- UberVIP (highest rated UberBLACK drivers, available to passengers with 100 or more rides in select markets)
- UberLUX ([noncommercial?] driver in a luxury car in LA)
Specialty passenger services ex-US:
- UberPOP (non-commercial driver in a small car in some European markets)
- People's Uber (ultra-low-cost UberX in mainland China)
- UberANGEL (someone drives you home in your car if you've been out drinking in Colombia)
Non-passenger services:
- UberRUSH (bicycle messenger service in NYC)
- UberEATS (food delivery service with rotating restaurants in NYC)
Temporary Promotions:
- UberCOPTER/UberCHOPPER (helicopter service in NYC, Cape Town)
The various types of UBER vehicles
May 11, 2015, 7:54 pm
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The various types of UBER vehicles
While traveling, and opening the app, the array of vehicle options surprises me, and I usually don't have a clue what they are. I suppose that is what happens when living in the land of practical without a lot of need for transit pretension.
So what are all these various types? Please add here, with the description. In the SF Bay Area, we've only got:
Uber X and XL, the economy approach, with more room (XL) if needed.
Uber Black, the nicer car, including many drivers with TCP licenses
Uber SUV
So what are all these various types? Please add here, with the description. In the SF Bay Area, we've only got:
Uber X and XL, the economy approach, with more room (XL) if needed.
Uber Black, the nicer car, including many drivers with TCP licenses
Uber SUV
May 11, 2015, 8:49 pm
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Don't forget UberT, alternatively known in some markets as Uber Taxi, available in some areas (such as NYC) where presumably Uber has an agreement with a taxi dispatcher.
There's also UberSelect in the Chicago market (and perhaps others--I just saw it there). The example car when clicking that option is a Mercedes of some sort.
FWIW, Uber's branding runs the words together with the second word in all-caps (e.g. "UberSELECT").
There's also UberSelect in the Chicago market (and perhaps others--I just saw it there). The example car when clicking that option is a Mercedes of some sort.
FWIW, Uber's branding runs the words together with the second word in all-caps (e.g. "UberSELECT").
May 12, 2015, 7:56 am
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UberCHOPPER in Cape Town.
May 12, 2015, 8:20 am
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If I recall, I think we had UberBoat in Boston last summer...if you were near a pier, you could use Uber to call a water taxi to take you across the Boston Harbor or to the airport. I think Uber just took a buck or two as a "convenience fee," similar to what they do for land-based taxis.
May 12, 2015, 12:06 pm
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UberCHOPPER in Cape Town.
The company is marketing the “Uber of helicopters” concept (apparently anything where you request a booking via a mobile device is an “Uber” now)
May 12, 2015, 1:19 pm
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In San Francisco and Los Angeles there is uberPOOL. A larger uberXL car that automatically shares a ride with one other pax going the same way. You share the cost of the shared ride. Right now there's a promo for $5 rides.
May 13, 2015, 3:27 am
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Don't forget UberT, alternatively known in some markets as Uber Taxi, available in some areas (such as NYC) where presumably Uber has an agreement with a taxi dispatcher.
There's also UberSelect in the Chicago market (and perhaps others--I just saw it there). The example car when clicking that option is a Mercedes of some sort.
FWIW, Uber's branding runs the words together with the second word in all-caps (e.g. "UberSELECT").
There's also UberSelect in the Chicago market (and perhaps others--I just saw it there). The example car when clicking that option is a Mercedes of some sort.
FWIW, Uber's branding runs the words together with the second word in all-caps (e.g. "UberSELECT").
May 13, 2015, 3:30 am
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I took uber select recently in the Tampa / St Pete market and had a vw passat w no middle seat. It was a very expensive (by uber standards) and uncomfortable ride home for the middle passenger sitting on the back center console. Uber needs to realize most uberselect customers are business travelers where a four person uber is common
Aug 13, 2015, 8:22 am
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