Uber 'taking advantage' of unsafe NYC with astronomic fares: outraged riders
to Long Island City.
Josiah Teng, 26, an Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey-based therapist, was paying $40 to get from Fort Lee, NJ, to his office at 176th Street in the Bronx twice per week. Before the pandemic, Teng recalled shelling out $25 for a one-way commute, but noticed the cost slowly increase throughout 2020 to around $27. By 2022, he said the one-way ride shot up by 30% — to between $35 to $39 each way. But he had no choice.
“If it’s a matter of convenience, we just bite the bullet and use Uber,” Teng said, calling it an “immense frustration.”
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