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If the goal is to expand these benefits to everyone, even those relatively affordable prices aren’t low enough. Transportation is already a major expense for low-income communities. “The cost burden of commuting for the working poor is 6.1 percent [of income] compared with 3.8 percent for other workers,” a 2008 Brookings report found. That kind of strained budget doesn’t leave much room for regular or occasional rides with Uber and Lyft, even with the benefits. “That’s something that the industry will continue to grapple with,” Lewis says.