Small-scale, tech-based solutions to transportation problems have emerged as a great equalizer in the battle for infrastructure dollars between big cities and rural communities.
What if public transit was like Uber? A small city ended its bus service to find out::Small-scale, tech-based solutions to transportation problems have emerged as a great equalizer in the battle for infrastructure dollars between big cities and rural communities.
LA Metro is doing a similar service as an additional option with their transit. It’s designed as an option to fill in the gaps. More need to look to LA Metro. They’re doing a lot right.
i thought it waa somethings revolutionary, like, for ex, those who already have cars would pickup those without one, and get some gratification. Like we already have thousands of most-empty cars, let’s fill them up!
But no, they just have city-paid taxi lol huhu such revolution, much thought process, very innovative
This isn’t a solution. This is a small city making a choice that’s hostile to the environment and, if anything, intentionally laying the groundwork to privatize the local public transit options to invite surge pricing and other unethical price gouging that have no place in public services.
What makes this a bad idea? Sounds much better than busses to me. It’s on demand, not on a fixed route, gors anywhere in the town, and is still the price of a bus ride.
Because you don’t need a car to get that last mile. A much better and more flexible option woykd be robust trains/trams/subway system in dense cities that take you most of the way with electric options such as e-bikes or scooters to get you thay last bit if you need it. This does nothing but keeps our society dependant on car manufacturers and litters the road with more cars.
Short gain compared to long term investment right here.
This is akin to discovering that you can hire freelance developers from developing nations for 1/10 of the cost, but then after 3 years… your whole system is a spaghetti mess and the rebuild cost many times that.
Because they’re now having to switch back over to buses anyways.
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LA Metro is doing a similar service as an additional option with their transit. It’s designed as an option to fill in the gaps. More need to look to LA Metro. They’re doing a lot right.
i thought it waa somethings revolutionary, like, for ex, those who already have cars would pickup those without one, and get some gratification. Like we already have thousands of most-empty cars, let’s fill them up!
But no, they just have city-paid taxi lol huhu such revolution, much thought process, very innovative
This isn’t a solution. This is a small city making a choice that’s hostile to the environment and, if anything, intentionally laying the groundwork to privatize the local public transit options to invite surge pricing and other unethical price gouging that have no place in public services.
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Americans will do anything but build consistent public transport.
What makes this a bad idea? Sounds much better than busses to me. It’s on demand, not on a fixed route, gors anywhere in the town, and is still the price of a bus ride.
Because you don’t need a car to get that last mile. A much better and more flexible option woykd be robust trains/trams/subway system in dense cities that take you most of the way with electric options such as e-bikes or scooters to get you thay last bit if you need it. This does nothing but keeps our society dependant on car manufacturers and litters the road with more cars.
There are places that have on demand busses rather than fixed routes.
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Short gain compared to long term investment right here.
This is akin to discovering that you can hire freelance developers from developing nations for 1/10 of the cost, but then after 3 years… your whole system is a spaghetti mess and the rebuild cost many times that.
Because they’re now having to switch back over to buses anyways.
Pro-move: hire even more contractors to refactor.
Columbus Ohio does both that and buses. Unfortunately the area covered is much smaller than it ought to be
Wait what ?