You No Longer Need Uber To Take An Uber From Pearson Airport

We’ve all found ourselves stuck at the airport with no ride planned; whether your friend bailed on you last minute, your phone isn’t charged, or you just don’t have the Uber app. Uber has launched a new pilot program at Pearson International Airport to make sure that’s no longer a problem.

Designed and launched a thing: Uber rider kiosks at Toronto Pearson Airport! Shout out to our first riders, a family from the Bahamas! pic.twitter.com/SHQ3tQ767r

— Jon Kantrowitz (@jkantro) August 21, 2019

They’re testing new kiosks where users can order an Uber through without needing the Uber app or a smartphone at all. Uber announced that the kiosks have features such as a monitor where riders can enter their information and what type of vehicle they want and you can instantly pay with a credit card on the spot.

Here’s early prototype I created that demonstrates what I’m talking about when I say designing for “feel”. From this prototype everything quickly evolved. You can’t get this from designing or sketching static mocks. This was also instrumental in gathering alignment across folks. pic.twitter.com/HExEFjWxEw

— Jon Kantrowitz (@jkantro) August 22, 2019

The program has been introduced as a trial, but so far there’s no end date scheduled.