So I cracked open the Uber app for the first time in a while and I see this new option called Express Pool (apparently rolled out to my city less than 2 months ago). I was gonna take Uber Pool anyways and this was $5 cheaper so I figured sure why not, and ordered myself an Express Pool.
The app tells me to walk a couple hundred meters to a main street where the driver would pick me up. I do, I get to the spot first and sure enough the driver pulls up a minute after. He picks me up and drops me off also on a main street and I walk a few hundres meters on local streets to my destination.
What's good about this? First of all, walking is good and saving ~$5 for a few hundred meters of walking is a steal. Also, sometimes drivers can suck navigating local / neighborhood roads so it just feels smooter meeting them on a main road. The express part comes into play here since you don't have to wait around for the driver to take local roads to drop off the other passengers.
That being said, I'm not too sure I would take it if I wasn't already familar enough with the area to walk around it comfortably. Apparently it can make you walk anywhere within a 250m radius. Also, the drop off seem kinda iffy, they had to stop in a right turn lane to let me off. Overall would Express Pool again, especially over Pool.
Anyone else take Express Pool?
The app tells me to walk a couple hundred meters to a main street where the driver would pick me up. I do, I get to the spot first and sure enough the driver pulls up a minute after. He picks me up and drops me off also on a main street and I walk a few hundres meters on local streets to my destination.
What's good about this? First of all, walking is good and saving ~$5 for a few hundred meters of walking is a steal. Also, sometimes drivers can suck navigating local / neighborhood roads so it just feels smooter meeting them on a main road. The express part comes into play here since you don't have to wait around for the driver to take local roads to drop off the other passengers.
That being said, I'm not too sure I would take it if I wasn't already familar enough with the area to walk around it comfortably. Apparently it can make you walk anywhere within a 250m radius. Also, the drop off seem kinda iffy, they had to stop in a right turn lane to let me off. Overall would Express Pool again, especially over Pool.
Anyone else take Express Pool?
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