Article 3GDPQ Uber will save you a few bucks if you just walk up the road

Uber will save you a few bucks if you just walk up the road

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Cyrus Farivar
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On Wednesday, Uber announced a new feature, where riders "wait a few minutes before their trips begin, and then walk a short distance to a nearby spot for pick up and drop off." If that sounds awfully similar to a bus, you're not entirely wrong.

Uber calls it "Express Pool," an offshoot of an Uber option known as simply, "Pool," which allows Uber riders to save a few bucks by sharing rides (thus usually taking a little more time).

Express Pool, meanwhile, simply calculates what is ostensibly a more efficient route and asks the rider to walk a few minutes away.

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