Try Wingz.me or Blacklane.com for pickup alternatives. Both are scheduled, not on-demand, and in both cases the driver actually wanted that fare (they can see your destination and optimize their schedule based on that, which partially explains lower prices than UberX or UberBlack).
I entered my house to SFO in blacklane and wingz to see their prices, and they seem to be a little bit higher than taking uber would be. Getting an uber from SFO is usually just 4 minutes of waiting.
So it seems like these guys are basically surge / traffic insurance?
