A look at these two markets offers a potentially revealing picture of the less-than-appealing situation drivers face. Following two rounds of cuts in Chicago, the average cost of an Uber trip fell from $14.25 in December 2013 to just $11 in 2014 – a decline of nearly 23 percent. Over the same period, the number of trips completed per hour rose nearly 45 percent, from 1.34 to 1.94 per hour.