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Once that last mile has more than about 50 people per hour on it, it makes way more sense to just have bus service. UberPool is just about the least efficient
by honkhonkpants 10y ago
Once that last mile has more than about 50 people per hour on it, it makes way more sense to just have bus service.
UberPool is just about the least efficient last mile solution, except for driving and parking your own car.
- aninhumer 10y agoMakes more sense in what way? Sure a bus is more efficient, but it's less convenient. Getting people to take a train for the majority of their journey is far more efficient than having them drive because the bus doesn't stop outside their door exactly when they want it. Although I can't help wondering if it would eventually become worthwhile to run a full size bus as a carpool taxi vehicle.
- honkhonkpants 10y agoUber doesn't stop outside your door exactly when you want it, either. Especially not Uber Pool.
- woodandsteel 10y agoBut it is not as if those 50 people with a last-mile problem live all within a few blocks of a single street going in one direction from the transit terminal. The people with last-mile problems, really two or three miles, are scattered all over the place, and for that a ride service works a lot better.