For the most part yes. I would assume markets that don’t have heavy college presence wouldn’t see much difference, but you also have teachers and students that drive more hours during the summer which puts more drivers on the road.
Get the passenger app and see if you are visible on it. I live in Texas but 2 friends over the last week have had the issue where it doesn’t show them online and it’s taken like 2 days to fix it. Uber told them it was a technical issue not an app issue. They basically had to open a ticket and wait it out. 
Too many drivers everywhere. Time to thin the herd. New background checks? Rating or trip minimums? How do we get it done?
In Cleveland we got drivers driving hoopties, maybe Uber and Lyft should start doing inspections on everything.
Here in Portland, OR we receive “ghost” or “phantom” pings that immediately disappear after we see & hear the alerts on our phones. We also receive double pings, one on top of another, which also immediately vanish. These weird pings knock down our Acceptance Rates; it’s a WASTE OF TIME to contact Driver “Support” about the issue.
Uber software sucks. Lyft’s is solid as a rock.
Bro I just drove 1.5 hours and only got 1 ping. The other day I drove 1.5 hours and got 12 pings its crazy but it is what it is.
I’ve been online for 5 hours tonight with no pings. But, I’m also laying on the couch watching tv so it’s not all that bad lol
Yes welcome to uber. I honestly don’t know why I do this. Way too many drivers and they want more. Let the techies get rich and the peons do the work.
Ive actually proven i was skipped. I was parked near the cwa in mosinee and made three requests while i was logged in…request 1 skipped over me even though i was 2 mins from my pickup location…picked someone 10 mins away…request 2 pinged someone 12 mins away…finally request 3 finally got to me. So app has some issues. Have the cancelled requests to prove this too.
This is happening everywhere. Plus, they now only pay the “Quest” certain hours of the day and it’s impossible to make it. They make it even more impossible by giving you a long trip and taking you out of the time frame. The boost has dropped to 1.1 in the beach cities, so it’s not worth it for me to drive anymore. THIS RATE WILL COST YOU MONEY! They continue to advertise, adding drivers by telling them they can make 1500.00 a week. The larger UBER gets, the more greedy they become. Sick of their games? Drive for LYFT like the rest of us. Side note: I had a person try to request me a month ago while sitting in my car. It went to many many other drivers before after 10 minutes, it finally came to me. These other drivers were 10 minutes away or more. Go figure.
Next time ask the rider to get out and walk a few feet away from your car. I think you were too close to each other.
We did that too. We even moved the car. It’s the UBER system. This wasnt the first time. I’ve been a driver since the beginning. So much has changed and it’s not for the good, unfortunately.
Everything determines a ping ur rating how close u r what kind of car u have everything it’s not just the closest one gets it anymore u can’t just get in the car and sit and expect money that’s not how it works know ur city ur areas events things that produce people especially drunk people that’s where u make ur money
Ya whatever. I have a perfect car, been a loyal driver since the beginning and a 4.9 rating. This is a game. If you want to play, go for it. Thousands of new drivers every day nationwide will only profit UBER, NOT the driver. I’m glad Jesse has it all figured out.
I do I drive a cab and use someone else’s car lmao and I make good money and don’t have any expense except for gas which I write off so u keep driving ur personal car and not making shit then get off FB and bitch lol gtfoh
It’s been very slow for me also. I was online in busy areas yesterday and 2 trips over a 9 hour period. I started in Dec last year and mon/tue averaged 75 each night
From what I understand and heard is that drivers do not always get the closest rider now. Uber sends the request to a driver that is matched up with the pax rating. So if you have a good rating you’ll get pax with ratings at 4.7 and above and if you have a rating of 4.7 or lower you will get matched up accordingly. This is Ubers new policy been happening for over a month or so.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fVwXEVf9X1Q
It’s the same thing everywhere too many drivers not enough passengers plus you also might try restarting your phone sometimes this will help I’ve had the same issues
Use the Uber app to see where drivers are then find an area where it’s just you.
Last week was so slow during the daytime hrs. That I went home…had sat for hrs…no calls