Uber Suspends Surge Pricing for NY-Area Snowstorm

Uber’s practice of charging more for rides when demand is high will be suspended during this week’s snowstorm.
Uber Suspends Surge Pricing for NY-Area Snowstorm
A person holds out his smartphone displaying the Uber app, before getting in a black Lexus which was hailed using the app, in Manhattan, on June 8, 2014. (Benjamin Chasteen/Epoch Times)
1/26/2015
Updated:
7/18/2015

Uber’s practice of charging more for rides when demand is high will be suspended during this week’s snowstorm, according to Businesss Insider. 

The announcement is in accordance with an agreement the New York Attorney General’s office.

Uber, which allows the public to hail rides through an app, notifies customers when surge pricing goes into effect. Rates can more than double under such conditions.

In 2012, when Superstorm Sandy hit, the company, was accused of exploiting the crisis for profit.

At a press conference Monday afternoon Mayor Bill de Blasio warned the public that “price gouging during an emergency is illegal.”

If you have any evidence of price gouging, call 311 immediately, he said.