Bengaluru is notorious for its traffic and hours of traffic jams. People continue to share about the traffic nightmare and reduced availability of public transportation. Because of the same, many people take private taxis and depend on taxi aggregators such as Ola and Uber. Recently, a user who wanted to travel from the airport to Electronic City was shocked to notice the Uber taxi prices.
The man took to the microblogging site and wrote, “Uber fare to Bangalore Airport from E-City. The cost of the taxi fare is dangerously close to what I paid for the plane ticket.” He also shared a screenshot of the Uber prices. The price for Uber Premium for the 52 km distance was Rs 2,584, while Uber XL cost a whopping Rs 4,051.
Uber fare to Bangalore Airport from E-City
The cost of the taxi fare is dangerously close to what I paid for the plane ticket? pic.twitter.com/FUw9jygeMh
— Tough Dad 🚬 🍺 (@Badass_Superdad) May 23, 2023
The prices shocked many on the internet. The now viral post has garnered over 80,000 views and 740 likes.
“Peak times are important,” said one user. However, the user indicated that it was not a rush hour rate but at six in the morning.
“This is insane! I think AC buses also run and can be quite comfortable, I’ve taken one to Mysuru in the past,” another person commented.
“Another day I needed a taxi from hsr to ec at 10:30pm. The lowest fare was Rs 850. I called my in-laws to pick me up,” one user shared.
One person also added: “Exactly. Not only the fare, but also the travel time is largely the same if you fly domestically.”
“First they got us hooked on it and now they’ve started looting us,” one user commented.
“Peak Bangalore,” said another person.
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