Okay, I'll bite: how? What level of Uber price gouging will, for example, cause an unflooded subway to be constructed within the next few weeks? Maybe quadruple pricing would do it?
The purpose of increasing the fare, is to motivate the driver to drive during the time of a hurricane. This has nothing to do with other things and was never meant to be.
There is a shortage in supply, the demand automatically increases. The only way he can prioritize his work is by offering his services to the highest bidder. He is in business earning just like us. He didn't take a oath to serve selflessly regardless of his own problems.
When the programmer salaries go high because of the demand, do you willingly take a pay cut? Why then do we apply different standards to other professions?