There is a newer way to get around Dallas-Fort Worth, and in our experience it has been cheaper than every other rideshare app we use. It is called Empower, and it arrived in North Texas this spring.
Empower works differently from Uber and Lyft. Instead of taking a cut of every fare, the company charges drivers a flat subscription to use its app, $29.99 a month in Dallas, and the drivers set their own prices and keep 100 percent of what riders pay. The company says that model makes its rides about 20 percent cheaper on average than Uber and Lyft. Our own rides around town have backed that up.
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