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Our Pledge this Holiday Season
Uber and Mothers Against Drunk Driving encourage you to help save lives this holiday season by pledging not to drink and drive.
Making the streets safer, one ride at a time
In Pennsylvania, alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths exceed the national average by 24%. In an effort to raise awareness about the dangers of drinking and driving, we set up our Uber breathalyzer kiosk in Manayunk on Thanksgiving Eve — a night when people around the country enjoy catching up with old friends and hitting the town’s haunts.
Philly’s Best of 2015: An Uber Year in Review
Philadelphia has some of the most entertaining nightlife in the country and with Uber it’s never been easier to enjoy a night out on the town.
FREE WAV TRIPS WITHIN THE FRANCIS FESTIVAL GROUNDS
To help Philly residents and visiting pilgrims move around throughout the papal visit weekend, Uber is making our wheelchair-accessible vehicle (WAV) option FREE for all point-to-point trips within the Francis Festival grounds, all weekend long — from Friday at 6pm until Monday at 9am. WAV FARES FOR TRAVEL INTO AND OUT OF THE FRANCIS FESTIVAL Are […]
An Economic Impact in the Keystone State
Uber is available to more than 77% of Pennsylvanians with over 87% of rides arriving within 10 minutes, and more than half arriving in less than four minutes. We are proudly connecting riders and drivers in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, State College, Lancaster, York, Reading and Erie, and we look forward to continuing to expand across the state.
Celebrate the Women You Love This Mother’S Day
From weekend errands to weekday meetings, Uber Philly helps move modern-day mothers. Today in honor of all the women that enrich our lives, select driver-partners throughout the region will surprise riders with locally grown flowers courtesy of THE FLWRY, Philadelphia’s first flower subscription service.* Keep the stem for yourself or share it with a special woman in your life.
Uber Philly: More Affordable Rides, Higher Driver Earnings
Since uberX launched in Philadelphia in October 2014, we’ve provided over 6,000 driver-partners with an unprecedented way to make a living or earn supplemental income on their own schedule. And all the while, we’ve connected riders in Philadelphia and the surrounding area with an increasingly affordable way to move around, facilitating over one million rides in the area.
Congratulations, Runners
You’ve been training for months, Philly. The time has come. The most popular 10-miler in the country is right around the corner—and so is your Uber.
Ride Safely: Get a Bike Helmet on Demand
Uber is committed to safe, reliable transportation options. On Thursday, April 23, request HELMET in the Uber app to receive a bike helmet on demand in exchange for a $10 donation, which will go to the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia.
UberPITCH: Philly’s Best Ideas On Demand
On Friday, April 17, we teamed up with prominent early-stage investors in Philly to make once-in-a-lifetime opportunities available on-demand with UberPITCH.
