Uber takes $1.70 out of that $4.20 off the top for what it calls a 'safe rides fee,' leaving $2.50 for the driver. Heading from downtown to most destinations in Uptown or Deep Ellum on UberX will cost you the minimum fare - up to $4.20 now, but it was $3.50 a month ago. A trip that can be an enormous pain on DART, or the start of a long night if you tether yourself to your car, becomes easy. Same for heading from downtown to Bishop Arts or Lowest Greenville or vice versa. The service has made hopping between Dallas' interior neighborhoods a breeze: Summon a car on your phone, and you can get from Uptown to Deep Ellum in less than 10 minutes without worrying about whether you had too much to drink or finding your next parking spot. Uber, and UberX specifically, is perhaps most useful when used for short trips within Dallas' urban core. Uber itself, the drivers claim, is screwing them over by implying that a tip is included in Uber's standard pricing.

Rates have dipped too low, they say, and they're being required to pick up rides they lose money on. Over the past month, drivers from across Uber's platform - black-car drivers, UberSelect luxury sedan drivers and UberX drivers who just use their personal vehicles - have protested at the technology company's Dallas headquarters in the West End.

It's time to start paying attention to the protests.

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