Uber Offers Rides from San Diego to Mexico

Navigating the boundary between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico—one of the world's busiest land crossings betwixt ii countries—is now a bit easier thanks to UberPASSPORT, a new cross-edge ride hailing option unveiled this week.

UberPASSPORT

For an additional $20 fee, Uber drivers will take passengers across the border from the US to Mexico. Just you'll have to adapt a different style home: riders can't currently call an Uber to travel dorsum to California.

Uber quotes total fares ranging from $90 to $160, depending on the origin and destination.

Requesting a ride into Mexico is simple and like to how UberFRESH, UberRUSH, and the company's other special services work. If yous're within the pickup zone, yous'll see a "Passport" option in the vehicle menu. Use that to request a ride, brand certain you bring the required documentation, and you're on your way to Tijuana.

The company's announcement says it is riders' and drivers' responsibility to "learn necessary permits." Just unlike in the US, where drivers are expected to maintain their own liability insurance, Uber provides commercial insurance in Mexico that covers cantankerous-border trips.

The expense of UberPASSPORT and the fact that information technology'due south currently offered only in the southbound direction suggests that Uber is experimenting with this characteristic.

To return to the U.s.a., 2 separate Uber trips are required: one to the border crossing, so some other to your local destination once you've walked across the border using the pedestrian lane.

Still, border crossing await times can approach several hours, with 50,000 vehicles and 25,000 pedestrians processed in the northbound direction every day. Officials expect an 87 percent increase in northbound traffic past 2030. So having Uber take care of the driving will probable be a welcome culling for those willing to pay.