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They're very popular in a lot of places that aren't the USA (and even exist in NYC): Dolmuş in Turkey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmu%C5%9F https://en.wik
by manacit 11y ago
They're very popular in a lot of places that aren't the USA (and even exist in NYC):
Dolmuş in Turkey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmu%C5%9F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmu%C5%9F
NYC "Shadow Transit": http://projects.newyorker.com/story/nyc-dollar-vans/ http://projects.newyorker.com/story/nyc-dollar-vans/
More broadly, "Share Taxis": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_taxi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_taxi
The idea isn't anything new, but being able to pay and ride from the convenience of Uber is nice.
- bostonvaulter2 11y agoIt's worth noting that the ones in NYC are illegal. With that said I'm all for moving mass transit in this direction.
- akgerber 11y agoThey are illegal to street-hail— but this is unenforced. The city is working on normalizing them, including adding taxi-like branding: http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/industry/vans.shtml http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/industry/vans.shtml
- petra 11y agoI think it becomes something different and much more efficient with enough data and good algorithms.