The Diary of an Uber Driver

The secrets of an Uber driver. Stories from 12 years and 10,000+ rides.

Scenes from the Road · December 8, 2019 · By James Lantos

Screen Shots - Long Rides

Uber driver app navigating to New York, 3 h 57 min and 216 miles to go
Uber trip details: UberXL, 4 h 29 min, 232.56 miles
Uber driver app navigating to New Haven, CT, 136 miles to go
Uber trip details: Brookline, MA to New Haven, CT, $366.59 earned
Uber fare breakdown for a 134-mile, 3 h 13 min UberX trip
Uber Pool trip from Boston to Franklin, MA, 36.75 miles, $134.77
Uber Pool request flagged as a long trip of 45+ minutes
UberX request: 24 minutes, 14.8 miles, pickup premium likely
Weekly earnings summary: $905.70 for July 24 to 31
Navigation to Hyannis on Cape Cod, 1 h 24 min away
Trip detail: $187.90 payout including a $50 tip, ride to Lenox, MA
Trip detail: $148.03 payout from Gillette Stadium to Boston
Navigation to Fenway Park, Boston, 57 minutes away
Navigation to the Courtyard Marriott at Logan Airport, 46 minutes away
Navigation to North Conway, NH, 1 h 35 min away
Night navigation to Rye, NH, 24 minutes away
Navigation to Deertrees Theatre in Harrison, ME, 1 h 11 min away
Lyft request flagged as a long ride of 45+ minutes
Navigation to Somersworth, NH, 32 minutes away
Navigation to Boston Logan Airport, 56 minutes away
Night navigation to Canton, MA, 1 h 11 min away
Navigation to Salisbury, MA, 38 minutes away
Night navigation from Logan Airport to Merrimac, MA, 1 h 2 min
Navigation to Grafton, MA, 1 h 16 min away
Navigation to Harwich on Cape Cod, 1 h 54 min away
Navigation to Portsmouth, NH, 1 h 10 min away
Navigation from Logan Airport to the Essex Street Inn, Newburyport, 58 minutes
Navigation to Pelham, NH, 1 h 28 min away
Trip detail: Boston to Beverly, MA, 28.11 miles, $50.06
Night navigation to Hampshire College in Amherst, MA, 1 h 57 min away
Navigation from Logan Terminal C to Plymouth, MA, 1 h 17 min
Navigation to Cedar's Mediterranean Foods in Haverhill, 50 minutes away
Navigation to Georgetown, MA, 52 minutes away
Navigation to Ipswich, MA, 47 minutes away
Navigation to Rye, NH, 1 h 28 min away
Navigation to Hull, MA, 44 minutes away
Navigation to Groton School in Groton, MA, 1 h 5 min away
Night navigation to Manchester, NH, 1 h 10 min away
Navigation to North Providence, RI, 1 h 13 min away
Night navigation to Foxwoods Resort Casino, CT, 2 h 12 min away
Trip detail: Logan Airport to Portsmouth, NH, 65.65 miles, $85.00
Night navigation to West Bridgewater, MA, 52 minutes away
Navigation to Boston Logan Airport, 56 minutes away
Navigation to Norton, MA, 1 h 21 min away
Trip detail: Logan Airport to Norton, MA, 42.97 miles, $56.11
Trip detail: Waltham to Boston, 16.43 miles, $57.69
Night navigation from Logan Airport to Worcester, MA, 1 h 14 min
Night navigation to Worcester, MA, 1 h 22 min away
Trip detail: Logan Airport to Worcester, MA, 43.21 miles, $65.02
Trip detail: Acton, MA to Logan Airport, 34.71 miles, $53.29
Trip detail: Sudbury, MA to Boston, 25.14 miles, $37.87
Navigation from Logan Airport to Mansfield Center, CT, 1 h 54 min
Trip detail: Logan Airport to Mansfield Center, CT, 94.75 miles, $125.11
Navigation from Logan Terminal C to Greenville, RI, 1 h 8 min
Navigation from Logan to the Providence Biltmore hotel, 1 h 35 min
Navigation to Albany, NY, 3 h 23 min away
Trip detail: Brockton, MA to Albany, NY, 170.74 miles, $220.18
Navigation to Worcester, MA, 1 h 2 min away
Navigation to Merrimack, NH, 1 h 15 min away
Navigation from Logan Terminal B to East Providence, RI, 1 h 18 min
Night navigation to Windsor Locks, CT, 1 h 53 min away
Trip detail: Logan Airport to Windsor Locks, CT, 111.98 miles, $143.92
Trip detail: Logan Airport to Northampton, MA, 111.85 miles, $144.06
Trip detail: Logan Airport to Dover, NH, 63.41 miles, $82.47
Trip detail: Logan Airport to Newport, RI, 79 miles, $103.79
Trip detail: Logan Airport to Windsor Locks, CT, $143.92 for 2 h 1 min
Trip detail: Logan Airport to East Providence, RI, 56.39 miles, $73.06
Trip detail: Logan Airport to Northampton, MA, $144.06 for 2 h 32 min
Navigation to Thayer Street, Providence, RI, 1 h 33 min away
Navigation to CVS headquarters in Woonsocket, RI, 1 h 9 min away
Weekly summary: $100.46 earned from 2 trips, July 31 to August 7
Navigation to Duxbury, MA, 46 minutes away
Navigation to Boston Logan Airport, 53 minutes away
Navigation to Amherst College in Amherst, MA, 1 h 55 min away
Navigation from Logan Terminal B to Milton, MA, 24 minutes
Navigation to Marshfield, MA, 1 hour away
Navigation to Route 128 station in Westwood, MA, 45 minutes away
Navigation to Gloucester, MA, 53 minutes away
Navigation to Johnston, RI, 1 h 38 min away
Trip detail: Logan Airport to Johnston, RI, 60.34 miles, $84.17
Black car trip detail: Beverly, MA to Boston, 30.54 miles, $111.91
Navigation to Swampscott, MA, 3 minutes away
Black car trip detail: Boston to Duxbury, MA, 34.56 miles, $124.56
Night navigation from Logan Terminal C to Dover, NH, 1 h 18 min
Trip detail: Logan Airport to Dover, NH, 63.41 miles, $82.47
Night navigation to Newport, RI, 1 h 33 min away
UberX request at night flagged as a long trip of 45+ minutes
Uber Pool request flagged as a long trip, $7.75 per extra pickup
Uber Pool fare breakdown: $134.77 earned
UberX request toward the driver's destination, a long trip
Lyft ride summary: 56.49 miles in 1 h 21 min, $74.81 total
Lyft request at Gillette Stadium flagged as a long trip with a $5.50 surge
Lyft request scheduled in advance, a long trip of 11.3 miles
Lyft request at Gillette Stadium after an Ed Sheeran concert, $13 surge
Lyft request near Fenway flagged as a long trip with an $8.75 surge
Lyft request scheduled in advance toward the driver's destination
Lyft request toward the driver's destination, a long trip of 4.9 miles to pickup
Lyft request flagged as a long trip, 2 minutes away
Lyft request flagged as a long trip with a 2.1x price boost
Lyft request near Gloucester flagged as a long trip, pickup premium likely
Lyft shared ride request flagged as a long trip
Trip detail: $56.78 earned including a $20 tip, 15.36 miles
Uber driver app offline near Newport, RI, set to find trips toward a destination
UberX request near Interstate 495 flagged as a long trip
Trip detail: Logan Airport to Amherst, MA, 96.37 miles, $123.64
Lyft daily earnings: $106.71 from 7 rides
Trip detail: Boston, 24.57 miles, $35.06
Trip detail: Logan Airport to Rockland, MA, 21.69 miles, $31.83
UberX request near Logan Airport flagged as a long trip of 60+ minutes
Trip detail: Logan Airport to CVS in Woonsocket, RI, 61.37 miles, $82.72
Waze navigation from the Seaport, 174 miles to go
Waze navigation leaving Logan Airport toward the Mass Pike, 111 miles to go
Night navigation to The Hotel Northampton, 1 h 52 min away
Waze navigation at Logan Airport Terminal E, 105 miles to go
Trip detail: Logan Airport to Amherst, MA, 96.37 miles, $123.64
Empty highway through the woods under a grey sky
Highway sign for exits 38B-A to Ayer and Harvard
Waze navigation toward Amherst and Belchertown, 70 miles to go
Waze navigation toward the Sumner Tunnel and Boston, 95 miles to go
UberX request at Logan Airport flagged as a long trip of 60+ minutes
Waze navigation through Boston toward I-93 South, 74 miles to go
Daily earnings: $130.25 from one black car trip
Waze route to Smithfield via I-93, I-95 and I-295, 56 miles
Waze navigation toward I-93 South, 71 miles to go
Waze navigation toward I-495 South and Cape Cod, 43 miles to go
Black car trip detail: Boston to Duxbury, MA, 34.56 miles, $124.56

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