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fivethirtyeight mentions one obvious usage: providing it to city planners for say bus routing. The other thing I think you could do that would be very useful f
by vessenes 11y ago
fivethirtyeight mentions one obvious usage: providing it to city planners for say bus routing.
The other thing I think you could do that would be very useful for drivers is show them areas that there are typical long waits / longer rides right now. I know a lot of drivers do some planning, but they seem to be in the dark. I'm sure a 'where to uber' app on android / ios for drivers telling them when to get where to take advantage of surge pricing for customers that will want to get taken to a desirable spot would be VERY popular among drivers.
- applecore 11y agoCity planners already know the bus routes that would best serve the city. Unfortunately, there's no incentive to improve service or increase ridership since it already doesn't scale: for every 30 cents that bus riders contribute in fares, taxpayers put in one dollar collectively.
- dotBen 11y agoI just want to shout out to Remix (FKA Transitmix) from the YC W15 batch - http://getremix.com/ http://getremix.com/ Some wicked-smart former Code-For-America Fellows working on this YC-backed project.
- manicdee 11y agoCity planners do not neccessarily know the best bus routes. They know which busses are used more frequently, and if they have unified fare systems using tap on/tap off cards, they know which trips are most often taken by bus. What they do not know is where new bus services might be useful. If Uber was able to show that there is a demand for transport between X and Y not currently served by busses (e.g.: late night riders are there but the busses aren't, or there isn't even a bus that services route between A and B). Services like taxis and Uber would be invaluable for planning mass transit systems.