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by ben1040 2940 days ago
When the kids are small, where do you find an Uber with one or more suitable car seats?

It seems there's spotty availability in a few cities, but the standard from Uber is you get a single car seat appropriate for a child >12 months old.

Or do you supply your own, and then drag the seat(s) around with you at your destination?

3 comments

Its quite easy to supply your own, as long as you find a lightweight stroller to drop the car seat into. As I commented above, (sorry to be redundant): Most infant car seats can be installed without the base in a car and typically connect with various lightweight (snap and go) strollers making portability via ride-share easy. There are one or two convertible car seat/lightweight stroller combos (for toddlers) that are very popular with urban parents who need to use ride shares. They are also useful when you travel via airplane. For example the Cosco Scenera car seat and the Mountain Buggy Nano stroller. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LotN7k5T2Q)
That's an interesting point. At least in the parts of Europe I'm familiar with, Taxis have an exemption for car seat laws. Ubers don't.