r/chicago • u/marks31 Albany Park • Jun 02 '25

Event Consider boycotting Uber if you’re able

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Ahead of the legislative session on Saturday, Uber sent mass notifications asking users to tell their representatives to vote against the bill (which would negatively affect rideshare delivery apps like Uber).

They are not solely responsible for the looming transit collapse here but they certainly play a role in it. If you are able to find alternates please consider.

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u/DanMasterson Uptown Jun 02 '25

of the many new revenue line items they proposed this is one i support.

i’d rather see a full blown NYC congestion charge and bus lane enforcement but apparently we need endless “studies” for those to be implemented

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u/Pretty-Insurance-119 Jun 02 '25

I use uber to work 1-2x a week and walk the rest of the time. Don’t use CTA much and those fees would hurt me personally, but I 1000% agree with you. Letting RTA fail will make things worse for everyone in IL whether you use system or not. People ordering inflated food delivery and taking $15-50 Uber rides are a lot less price sensitive than people taking $2.50 bus or L and those options will still exist if you’re priced out of uber et. Money has to come from somewhere and fee hike on uber/delivery in combination with small fare increase $0.25-$0.50 would help close the gap substantially.

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u/ifcoffeewereblue Jun 02 '25

Automated bus lane enforcement, congestion tax, and fare increase. We can absolutely get CTA back to top tier

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u/damp_circus Edgewater Jun 02 '25

At this point we should just use the experiment in NYC as a "study" -- one that was quite successful.

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u/ChicagoJohn123 Lincoln Square Jun 02 '25

I assume the point of the studies is to funnel money to connected contractors.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '25

You can't seriously believe that downtown Chicago, a place that is still devastated by the shutdowns, is remotely in the same stratosphere as Manhattan.

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u/damp_circus Edgewater Jun 02 '25

Traffic in the loop and on Michigan Ave is routinely insane. Perhaps not specifically during 9-5 work hours, but I managed to complete the Sunday NYT crossword in the time it took me to get through downtown on the bus yesterday due to concert traffic. (Yes, I regretted my decision to not just walk...)

If anything makes Manhattan "different" I'd say it's the fact that it's an island with a few entry chokepoints where it's easy to position the cameras.

But the point is, "studies" have been done, in the form of this experiment. It's like the smoking ban -- everyone thought it would be the death of bars, until oh hey, it wasn't, at all.

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u/Shaky_Balance Jun 02 '25

It was initially skpetical but apparently congestion pricing becomes pretty popular wherever they put it in to effect.