Sharing the Road

As Uber changes the way city residents get from point A to B, business travelers are following suit.

UBER ON THE RISE NATIONWIDE

Travel and expense software company Certify has released a Q1 2015 report on how the sharing
economy is affecting business travel. Through user data from their cloud-based expense
management system, Certify has analyzed how the share of total paid car rides for business people
is shifting toward Uber.
For this analysis, the taxi category includes all taxi, limousine and airport shuttle rides. Uber
includes all uberX, uberXL, uberPLUS, Uber Taxi, UberBLACK, UberSUV and UberLUX rides.
While taxis still dominate the ground transportation sharing economy, ride-hailing services are
rapidly on the rise among business travelers:

LYFT UBER TAXI

JAN 14
0% 14% 86%
FEB 0% 16% 84%
MAR 0% 15% 85%
APR 0% 18% 82%
MAY 0% 22% 78%
JUN 0% 26% 74%
JUL 0% 28% 72%
AUG 1% 31% 68%
SEP 1% 32% 67%
OCT 1% 34% 65%

About the DATA

Data was collected by travel

and expense management
software provider, Certify
over the course of five fiscal
quarters. Certify analyzed
the ground transportation
expenses of business
travelers, providing valuable
insights into the sharing
economy for 2014-2015.
Data collected between
January 1, 2014 March 31, 2015

NOV 1% 40% 59%

DEC 1% 40% 59%
JAN 15
1% 46% 53%
FEB 1% 45% 54%
MAR 1% 47% 52%

SHARING THE ROAD: A GROUND TRANSPORTATION SHARING ECONOMY REPORT

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UBER VS. taxi, city by city

Regional cross-sections of the data provide further
insight into the sharing economy: Ubers year-overyear rise for business users in major U.S. cities has
been nothing if not disruptive. But the change has
looked different city by city.

toP 3 CItIeS uSING ubeR

As a percentage of total paid car rides for business users.

71%
56%
49%

San Francisco
Dallas
Washington, D.C.

Among eight major metropolitan areas, business

travelers in San Francisco and Dallas use Uber more
than taxis as of 2015s first quarter.
Regarding cost per ride, the average Uber ride
(including all Uber products) was $31.24 for the
quarter. The average taxi fare rings in at $35.40 (including taxis, limousines and airport shuttles).

Metropolitan Area

New York City

Uber % of Rides
2014 Q1

Taxi % of Rides
2014 Q1

Uber % of Rides
2015 Q1

2015 Q1

Taxi % of Rides
2015 Q1

9%

91%

21%

79%

23%

77%

49%

51%

8%

92%

25%

75%

Dallas

27%

73%

56%

44%

Washington, D.C.

20%

80%

49%

51%

Miami

0%

100%

23%

77%

Atlanta

8%

92%

41%

59%

58%

42%

71%

29%

Los Angeles
Chicago

San Francisco

About the Data

This analysis provides sharing economy spend trends of business travelers in North America with all data compiled from
actual expense data from submitted expense reports. For all media inquires please contact Kevin Wolf of TGPR, kevin@
tgprllc.com or (650) 327-1641.
About Certify
Certify is a web-based provider of expense management and travel booking software. Using mobile software and webbased interfaces, Certify helps companies enforce travel and expense policies and streamline expense reporting while
controlling overall costs. For more information, visit www.certify.com.

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