Uber Wants to Help You Park the Car It Once Promised You Wouldn’t Need
THE SO WHAT
Uber monetizing parking is a quiet admission that private car ownership is sticking around longer than the original autonomy narrative. For mobility operators and cities, the near-term game is optimizing around existing vehicles, not betting everything on rapid mode shift.
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