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An empirical analysis of Uber fares: Evidence from Madrid Rangel, Thais Gonzalez, Juan Nicolas Gomez, Juan Vasallo, Jose Manuel Romero, Fernando ITS, operación y gestión VTC ITS, operation and management Transportes Gestión de empresas Transportation Industrial management Trabajo presentado en: R-Evolucionando el transporte, XIV Congreso de Ingeniería del Transporte (CIT 2021), realizado en modalidad online los días 6, 7 y 8 de julio de 2021, organizado por la Universidad de Burgos Ride-hailing is an emerging service that is transforming door to door mobility in urban areas. Users can easily request a ride through a smartphone app that informs them of the pickup time, the location of the vehicle, and the fare that they will pay in advance. Even though it is well know that Uber implements a dynamic pricing approach depending mostly on supply, demand and competition with other services, there is still little empirical evidence on the main drivers explaining the fare strategy of the company. Using 10-month data from the Uber’s Application Programming Interface (API) in the city of Madrid, this research studies the evolution and trends experienced by Uber fares in terms of several explanatory variables. It also explores the main differences between Uber and taxi fares. The results indicate that trip distance, day of the week, origin and destination of the trip, and rain precipitation have a statistically significant impact on Uber fares. The findings also show that on average, Uber fares are lower than taxi fares, with the exception of particular hours of the day. The analysis also demonstrates that Uber fares slightly decreased during taxi strikes. The authors would like to thank the Comunidad de Madrid (CM), which has funded the project Y2018/EMT-4818 (Co-Mov/CM). The project has been also co-funded by the European FEDER and FSE funds. 2022-09-16T12:27:27Z 2022-09-16T12:27:27Z 2021-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 978-84-18465-12-3 http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6896 10.36443/10259/6896 eng R-Evolucionando el transporte http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6490 https://doi.org/10.36443/9788418465123 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/CAM//Y2018%2FEMT-4818 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Universidad de Burgos. Servicio de Publicaciones e Imagen Institucional