Ride-sharing company Uber has now been successfully operating in Newcastle for a year.
The company says 50, 000 locals have requested rides from around 500 drivers throughout the city within the 12 months since it launched in the area.
The Sydney Junction Hotel in Hamilton is the most popular pick up spot, followed by the Honeysuckle Hotel and the Cambridge Hotel.
Uber trips in Newcastle hit their peak times at 11pm on Fridays and especially Saturdays, and drop off on Wednesday at around 10pm.
To celebrate its first year in Newcastle, the company has announced it will roll out Uber mapping cars throughout the city to collect and record data.
The data will be used to build Uber's databases for mapping out street segments best suited for pick-ups and drop-off's.
