Uber is seeking to give 175 Los Angeles drivers $1,000 every to desert their automobile to make use of different strategies of transportation for 5 weeks.
The rideshare firm is increasing its One Much less Automobile trial to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Miami, Toronto and Vancouver.
Through the trial, 175 chosen members will depart their private vehicles at house and as an alternative use different types of transportation to get round. Contributors can stroll, take public transit, use rideshare firms or bike.
The trial is about for July 22 via August 25. Eligible Los Angeles members should full Uber’s on-line survey, be 18 years or older, reside throughout the metropolis, have authorized permission to drive, have a private automobile that they use greater than thrice every week, a financial institution card and a smartphone.
Contributors might want to use their smartphone to obtain apps for the research and take brief movies of themselves documenting the expertise.
The aim behind One Much less Automobile is to “present that it’s doable to make the change to a car-light way of life, saving each cash and emissions, whereas contributing to extra livable cities,” Uber stated in a information launch.
A model of this system was carried out in Australia final yr. For 4 weeks, 58 members gave up their vehicles.
Throughout that trial, members acquired transportation credit, about $870 to journey public transport, an e-bike subscription and credit for Uber, Lime and Uber Carshare. The greenback quantity mirrored the typical yearly price related to proudly owning a automobile in Australia.
What Uber found from this system was the weekly common variety of journeys amongst members dropped barely from 21 to 19. The common variety of transportation modes utilized by every participant elevated from simply utilizing their automobile to a median 4 strategies of alternate transport.
