Robin Abcarian: If you can't save money, time and the planet with Uber and Lyft, then what is the point?
LOS ANGELES — Sunday night, I flew into LAX from San Francisco and boarded a shuttle to the airport's newish pickup spot for ground transportation just east of Terminal 1. I found myself standing amid an unhappy crowd of restless travelers who had been waiting as long as 30 minutes to be picked up by their Lyft drivers.
Weird, I thought. Not how it's supposed to be.
Then I checked my phone for prices, which vary according to which Lyft service you want to use: a shared ride is cheaper than a ride in a luxury vehicle. A "priority pickup" costs more
