Uber doesn’t care about workers and wishes they would go away, and it doesn’t really even have much concern for its customers, surging prices in the middle of snowstorms. The company is enchanted only with its own emotionless dissection of the market, cooking its schemes into pure narcotic. While medallion prices seem to have fallen even more steeply than first reported, the leading ridesharer is seeking new and creative ways to marginalize drivers, the plans optional for the time being. From a Newsweek report by Polly Mosendz:

“Uber has just launched UberPool, a carpooling service, in New York. UberPool is already live in San Francisco and Paris. With UberPool, a rider will be able to pick up a second and even third Uber user along their way, riders with a destinations close by that of the original rider. Then, the cost of the ride is split between both parties. 

While customers save money, drivers may also earn less. Uber believes a driver won’t earn less simply because the ride may be longer, ‘Drivers spend more time earning money on longer trips—without the downtime between passengers.’ The focus of UberPool is on passengers, however, not drivers. Uber gives several examples of how this benefits New York riders: Williamsburg to the East Village will be as cheap as $7.50 using UberPool, and Nolita to Lincoln Center might be as long as $10 a ride, but none of how driver income may vary.

The long-term effect of UberPool, the company argues, will be getting cars off the road—they hope to remove 1 million cars from the road with the service. Uber estimates that in a personal car, there are only 4.8 person-trips per day. With UberPool, there are 36.4 person trips. 

That is, of course, if drivers agree to use the service.”