如果选择“人民优步＋”多人拼车，除了更省钱，还可以做到什么？在试行一个月后，Uber已经宣布在上海主城区全面推出这款明星产品“人民优步＋”。Uber上海数据显示，在试行一个月时间里，使用“人民优步＋”的乘客已经通过双倍高效利用里程为上海省下了超过17.2万公里的里程——比地球周长的4倍都要长。

最为拥堵的城市怎么破？

在最近一份来自地图公司高德导航的报告里，上海被列为中国最为交通拥挤的城市。官方预测，到2020年，上海将容纳超过2500万辆私人小轿车，并且向着拥有超过每日700万次行程的摩托化交通运输能力发展。

上周，上海市人大代表李飞康提出“关于对外省市牌照机动车进入外环线以内收取市区道路拥堵费”的建议，认为，这些举措将会大大减少外省市牌照在上海市区行驶的数量，将会缓解上海城区的道路拥挤。

对于交通拥挤问题，似乎目前并没有一个单纯的解决方法，但是——Uber希望能在建造一个更加智能、更加高效的上海的过程中起到自己的那一部分作用。9月21日，我们迈出了朝着这个方向的关键一步：正式在上海推出“人民优步＋”，“人民优步+”这一特色服务目前已经扩展到足以覆盖上海70%左右的主要城区。

值得一提的是，Uber近期在上海重新调整了产品策略，将原本最多6个产品线缩减至3个：UberBlack（高级轿车）、UberX（优选轿车）和“人民优步＋”，主张环保绿色出行的“人民优步＋”作为三大产品线之一，成为Uber上海的主力产品。

一个月省下17.2万公里里程

这个在Uber全球12个城市运营的明星产品到底是什么？“人民优步+”通过将你和另一名与你行程出发地以及目的地都很接近的乘客，一起拼车，分担车费。

当符合条件的用户和另一位乘客相匹配的时候，他们只需使用一辆车，而非之前他们可能会使用的两辆车。（那样对于你而言，路上的车就会更少了！）在过去的一个月当中，使用人民优步+的乘客已经通过双倍利用里程为上海省下了超过17.2万公里的里程——那比地球的周长的4倍都要长！

乘客可以期待在帮助上海成为一个住起来更有效率的城市的同时，自己能够省更多的钱。在大约一个月之前正式在上海上线“人民优步+”的时候，从你的钱包里省下来的钱就已经展现出来了一个足以让人感到激动的影响。目前，在上海市区内打开Uber App，可选择乘坐“人民优步＋”拼车出行，全程七折优惠，早晚高峰低至五折（8元起）。早上9点在静安寺打开App，输入目的地陆家嘴，显示“人民优步＋”预估价格为11.9元——如果你再上带一个朋友或者同事，相当于两人花费了11.9元。

作为一个Uber的乘客，使用“人民优步+”以后，你可以期待省下比以前都要多的钱。Uber合作车主也可以预期到自己会比之前会更加繁忙了——会有更多上海都市人愿意加入这个绿色的全新出行方式！

下一步：路上车辆和停车场需求双降？

在接下来的几个月，“人民优步+”会迅速变得有助于减少公路上实际行使的车辆的数量。居民可以看到二氧化碳排放总量正在显著下降的同时，路上的汽车也在明显减少。

在未来几年间，“人民优步+”将希望成为解决困扰城市的结构性难题的解决方案当中的一部分。现在，上海的乘客在使用“人民优步+”还需要等上5-10分钟左右，但随着Uber不断在平台上持续增加更多的供应（增加供应可以通过提高城市里的汽车使用效率，而不是增加路上的行驶车辆），同时合作司机和乘客更加接受和了解这个新的出行方式，用户等待接载所花费的时间会进一步缩短。

Uber全球经验证明，当呼叫一辆Uber变得和在上海拥有一辆属于你自己的车辆一样便宜和便捷的时候，就像在世界各地其他城市发生的那样，对于停车场的需求会下降。上海有着非常严重的停车场短缺问题——交通部门认为上海还需要至少47%的额外停车场地（超过36万7千个）才能满足使用需求。

去年，上海要求核心城区的新建住宅区至少需要其80%公寓数量的停车场。这种停车场短缺的现象一定程度上推高了上海的商业地产以及居民地产的价格。随着Uber人民优步+在上海的全面推广，这一个功能的可靠性及可负担性将有助于替代对于面向个人的私人交通需求。

下一次当你需要去什么地方的时候，或许可以试试用“人民优步+”——谁知道呢，你也许会得到一个新的工作，一个新的朋友，或者干脆就是让你的城市变成一个住起来更加高效的地方。

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In a recent report by the mapping company Autonavi, Shanghai was ranked as the most congested city in China. By 2020, officials predict that Shanghai will be in possession of more than 2.5 million privately operated cars with daily motorized transport activity increasing to make up more than 7 million trips.

There’s no one solution to congestion, but – Uber hopes to play its part to help build a smarter and more efficient Shanghai. This week, we’re taking a major step in that direction by expanding the People’s Uber+ feature to cover nearly 70% of the major metropolitan area.

What is People’s Uber+ ?

People’s Uber+ works by connecting you with another rider that will start and end their trip near the same location. Now, you can expect savings that go further than your wallet to help make Shanghai a more efficient city to live in. While we officially launched PU+ in Shanghai about a month ago – savings to your wallet are already showing an impact worth getting excited about:

As a rider with Uber you can expect to save more money than ever before with PU+. Our driver-partners can also expect to be busier than ever before – and if you’re neither of those – you can still expect to see benefits from the use of PU+.
When users of the feature match with another rider, they use only one car instead of the two they may have previously used. (That’s less cars on the road for you!) Riders on PU+ over the past month have already saved Shanghai more than 172,000 kilometers in duplicate mileage – that’s more than 4 times the circumference of the earth!

What’s next?

In the next couple of months – PU+ will be immediately helpful in reducing the number of cars actually driving on the road.  When this happens, residents can also see that the amount of CO2 being emitted while on the road is significantly reduced.  In less than a month of operation, PU+ has helped to save more than 21 metric tons worth of CO2!  

Over the next couple of years, PU+ will look to form part of the solution to structural problems that plague cities around the world. Currently, riders in Shanghai tend to wait around 5  minutes for a PU+ car to arrive.  In the coming years, Uber will continue to add more cars to the platform and users can expect that waiting times for a pickup will continue to go down because there will be more cars in your request area.

When getting an Uber becomes as cheap and as convenient as owning your own vehicle in Shanghai, like it has in other cities around the world, the need for parking lots will decrease. As has been widely covered, Shanghai has a severe parking shortage – the city’s own traffic authorities believe that at least 47% more lots (367,000+) are needed in the city.    

A new rule that was set in place in Shanghai last year requires new residential properties inside of the inner urban area to have enough parking lots for at least 80% of its apartments. This shortage of parking lots has in many cases driven up the price of commercial and residential real estate around Shanghai. As such, one way to help lower the pressure on rising real estate costs would be to lower the ever-increasing demand for parking spaces. And as we continue to expand PU+ in Shanghai, we hope that the reliability and affordability of this feature helps to substitute with the need for private transport for individuals.  

So, next time you need to get somewhere – maybe try out a trip on PU+. Who knows, you might get a new job, a new friend, or just help to make your city a more efficient place to live.