In an email to customers, the car service said that it would cap its surge pricing at 2.8 times its usual rate.
But its surge in popularity — it is the subject of a documentary and two art exhibitions — seems to represent a longing for a simpler past.
The company has long defended its surge pricing, saying that it helps increase the number of drivers on the road when demand is highest.
Hurricane Ike in 2008 was a Category 2 storm, on the low end of the Saffir-Simpson scale when it made landfall in Galveston, Tex., but its surge caused grievous damage.
Uber should keep its surge pricing in place.
Mr Yeltsin's presidential court, despite its surge of new confidence, has two factions.
America is unlikely to see another stockmarket bubble, with its surge in tax revenues.
Gold continued its surge, hitting $1,049.70 an ounce, a record, before settling at $1,044.20.
The Salvation Army says its surge in applications started as early as October.
One of the biggest factors behind its surge has been the action in newly public companies.
However, the government took maximum political advantage of its surge in petroleum revenues by cranking up public spending.
