{"id":3655,"date":"2021-11-11T09:38:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T08:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/11\/uber-raises-london-prices-by-10-in-effort-to-lure-back-drivers\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T09:38:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T08:38:27","slug":"uber-raises-london-prices-by-10-in-effort-to-lure-back-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/11\/uber-raises-london-prices-by-10-in-effort-to-lure-back-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber raises London prices by 10% in effort to lure back drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ride-hailing app says increase will provide better rider experience after lockdown led to driver departures<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/series\/coronavirus-live\/latest\">Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Uber is to increase its rates by 10% in London in an attempt to lure drivers back on to its platform, as cab companies across the UK struggle to meet booming demand.<\/p>\n<p>Customers using the ride-hailing app have faced longer waits and more cancellations from drivers cherry-picking jobs in recent weeks, as well as more surge pricing as requests exceed the numbers of cars available.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/nov\/10\/uber-raise-prices-drivers-london-ride-hailing-app-lockdown\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3db692ed7052e3a8ad05b2ff35d7f24d4ece34ce\/0_173_4072_2443\/master\/4072.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8aa45bfac6fd8d8886ed0dc5ef823aec\" title=\"Uber raises London prices by 10% in effort to lure back drivers\" \/>Ride-hailing app says increase will provide better rider experience after lockdown led to driver departures<\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nSee all our coronavirus coverage<\/p>\n<p>Uber is to increase its rates by 10% in London in an attempt to lure drivers back on to its platform, as cab companies across the UK struggle to meet booming demand.<br \/>\nCustomers using the ride-hailing app have faced longer waits and more cancellations from drivers cherry-picking jobs in recent weeks, as well as more surge pricing as requests exceed the numbers of cars available. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ride-hailing app says increase will provide better rider experience after lockdown led to driver departures Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Uber is to increase its rates by 10% in London in an attempt to lure drivers back on to its platform, as cab companies across the UK struggle to meet booming &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/11\/uber-raises-london-prices-by-10-in-effort-to-lure-back-drivers\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Uber raises London prices by 10% in effort to lure back drivers<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3655"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}