it’s preface this by standing that whenever a ride or gets in my car I’m asking him where are they going give me the name of the place you’re going is there something identifiable is there a blue awning a green awning is there a big letters on the building that says 2121 maybe the entrance says lifestyle shaman maybe the interest of the parking lot says green life number one
correction: The user interface appears to be fixed as of late 2025 but the questioning is not. I have decided to add a second user interface suggestion that is seriously directly involved with this see the last half of this article
so I do like that Ube gives writers the opportunity to type in the destination as a name of where they’re going sure it sometimes that dated, but at least they can do it. Heck maybe Uber should prompt them sometimes I do they at least on the pickup they’re like is that near XY or z business I don’t know how that appears to us cuz it doesn’t say it doesn’t often say near ex maybe that’s because people don’t actually click on Yes this is what it’s by. but why not do that on the destination as well you know the address you know what businesses are at that address
Heck if it’s a place they go to a lot prompt them say hey is this somewhere you go a lot is there something identifiable about it is it red blue red door is it have a tree swing in front maybe it’s got a wooden fence if the others don’t have well it’s not very consistent you could ask hey is there often a red car is there a truck off and out in front
this displaying of the address seems to be fixed in the latter half of 2025. I don’t know when it was fixed I was off to platform for about 2 or 3 months when I switched to Lyft due to poor customer service experiences with Uber me being a customer drivers are customers too but then we’re also the product what users are the product I don’t know
but then comes the issue you end up displaying the name of the business they’re going to and it’s nearly impossible to find the address I can see on the map where we’re going but the address helps me know less side of the street right side of the street mentally I’m like hey this is three blocks south of main Street That’s a useful piece of information that the address gives me that isn’t always known on the map because I have to examine the map versus a quick two-word description of 201 South 1st Street
addition relative to what was stated above
I believe I stated this under the perfect app checklist
when I say Knowing Knowing where you’re going and knowing identifying markers is important. part of that plays into the request or suggestion to zoom in on the destination when you hit start right ride ride. One of the super nice things about Lyft is it highlights the building you’re picking up from and dropping off at it’s only accurate about 60 to 80% of the time depends on the day some days it’s right almost 100% other times it’s wrong almost 100%. that said if you zoom in on your destination when you accept the ride when you start the ride sorry you can know that you’re going to ride from this direction drop the passenger off on that side and it’s this shape of the building they placed a pan at this entrance that’s all great now I know where I’m going and what I’m doing pair that with knowing the name of the building or what color of awning it is or something like that You’ve got a perfect way to find the destination
but also part of that it’s also something left excels at once you’ve accepted the ride Lyft continues to show you the destination where you’re going so while you’re waiting for that person to come out you can see the destination and be like oh I’m going to 2121 main Street that’s on the east side of the road that is a third building down all that cool stuff Uber on the other hand gives you a vague destination maybe up to six blocks away while you’re accepting the trip and you don’t get to plan your destination till after you start the ride I suppose that’s a security feature but you’re going to know where they’re going anyway eventually
not aside I hadn’t really been thinking about it before but The only thing to make that even better is have the option to toggle in the street view and say this is a recent view of the building granite if it is changed since the street view a picture was taken it’s useless, and there should be a way to flag that street view date as inaccurate but hey put on the screen and you can show the writer is this where we’re going Yes okay let’s go. Heck drop the writer and say is this the your destination put an x on the door you’re trying to get to Grant you can do that from overhead when you say what’s the destination or pick up