[Siberiaboy]

Of course in places where there’s unavoidable heavy toll roads like NY NJ and California the base pay would have to reflect the toll that the driver isn’t getting compensated for when going over bridges to deliver food, but this also reduces the number of less affluent people willing to place orders. In CT it’s a moneymaker for delivery drivers when customers relocate into CT from those states with toll highways and are used to certain delivery fees being a given,

It also is a moneymaker for people who will find a lower amount will get a driver to sign on. I just used the app and it’s as streamlined as this:

1) follow GPS to a hot spot it guides turn by turn

2) $9.95 offer pops on screen hit accept

3) drive to where it says to go turn by turn
Give order name that shows up to merchant and take stuff

4) driving directions to drop off ..

Collect $9.95…. You can at peak times make $25/hour but off peak more like $10/hour but it’s something you can do on any spare time

You could also do CT road trips I suppose and if you want to make back some of the money you spend on your road trip, you can do this for a couple hours and it will cover your motel or B&B or translate to a free lobster dinner reward

Theoretically the best deal could be someone lives in Western Mass, then fills up gas in Massachusetts, but drives into Connecticut to do food deliveries, and pays Mass taxes

I like that anyone with a car and phone can do this without any having to deal with the negotiating face to face having to make time commitments all or nothing to get on board to generate cash. Here you get cash for time on demand whenever schedule you desire. That’s something new I think.

[Stepfordct]

The best is someone with an EV who charges for free at public charging stations.

[Stylo]

Those delivery services are usually limited to about a 5 mile radius anyway, so tolls wouldn’t really matter.

[in_newengland]

Originally Posted by Stylo

Those delivery services are usually limited to about a 5 mile radius anyway, so tolls wouldn’t really matter.

My neighbor has food delivery and tolls wouldn't matter because they just drive through the woods. Same with the few times I've had food delivered. If people are going to order anything that will go on a major highway, they'd probably use Amazon.

[7express]

The farthest I've ever driven for DoorDash was about 40 miles from New Milford to Brewster, NY; back when I first started and didn't realize you could decline orders. Now-a-days I won't go further then 10 miles which is about the radius it goes out anyways, so tolls would be irrelevant. I'd rather drive on the local roads anyways because my car gets better miles in town than it does on the highway.

[Bitey]

I have a hard time thinking more than a tiny sliver of food deliveries involve using tolled roads. As for passenger services, Uber/Lyft/etc. charge tolls to the passenger's account and passes it on to the driver when they're paid, so yes the drivers are compensated for them.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by 7express

The farthest I've ever driven for DoorDash was about 40 miles from New Milford to Brewster, NY; back when I first started and didn't realize you could decline orders. Now-a-days I won't go further then 10 miles which is about the radius it goes out anyways, so tolls would be irrelevant. I'd rather drive on the local roads anyways because my car gets better miles in town than it does on the highway.

Your car gets better mileage driving in town than on open highways? Are you sure? That’s the exact opposite of what most cars do. Jay

[JGBigGreen]

Might be a hybrid vehicle. I know my hybrid gets better mileage in the city than the highway.

Originally Posted by JayCT

Your car gets better mileage driving in town than on open highways? Are you sure? That’s the exact opposite of what most cars do. Jay

[nico7]

I thought the latest iteration was that it would be out-of-state vehicles only that were tolled.

[Bitey]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Your car gets better mileage driving in town than on open highways? Are you sure? That’s the exact opposite of what most cars do. Jay

Most hybrids get better fuel economy in stop-and-go driving due to regenerative braking. There's not much opportunity for regeneration during highway driving. That said, hybrids still tend to get better highway fuel economy than their non-hybrid counterparts because a) they usually have smaller engines; and b) they usually use Atkinson-cycle engines which would be near-useless during in-town driving without the supplemental torque from an electric motor.