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OK, here's my free gift to someone, since I don't live in SF or a big city. Why isn't there an Uber for buses? You use your smart phone to enter where you wan
by GregBuchholz 10y ago
OK, here's my free gift to someone, since I don't live in SF or a big city. Why isn't there an Uber for buses? You use your smart phone to enter where you want to go, and a nearby bus comes around and picks you up. Seems like there are plenty of opportunities to make bus transport nicer. Like having the bus conform you the needs of the people actively using it at one time (i.e. no stops where no one is getting on or getting off, and more direct routes, etc.). Maybe the would be wifi and charging stations on board as well. It seems like the price should be relatively low, since the cost could be potentially shared between 10+ people. I'd imagine that the first couple of buses would be privately owned, but you could expand out to lease the technology to existing municipalities to extend to their bus lines. And there would be a natural fit for self-driving buses in the future.
- HeyLaughingBoy 10y agoIt exists. Around here it's called Dial-A-Ride and like the name says, you call them and they pick you up at your house and take you wherever. The buses are like the small airport shuttle buses. It's very popular with senior citizens who don't drive much.
- GregBuchholz 10y agoThat's like say Uber existed because you could always call a taxi to come pick you up.
- leesalminen 10y agoIn Chile there is an interesting concept called colectivo. It's a system that takes the fixed nature of a bus route and the readily available nature of Uber. Basically, they are cars/vans that drive along a designated route. You can flag them down anywhere along that route and exit anywhere along the route. I loved it.