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Your second experience just sounds like you got a bad driver, which has happened to me with uber/lyft before they left. I mostly use Ride Austin which has been
by fokinsean 10y ago
Your second experience just sounds like you got a bad driver, which has happened to me with uber/lyft before they left.
I mostly use Ride Austin which has been reliable, but I've also used Fasten numerous times without an issue.
It is the wild west of TNCs right now in Austin, I'm curious to see who comes out on top. I'm just glad they popped up quickly after Uber/Lyft left.
- caseysoftware 10y agoIt's easy to move quickly when City Council ignores the law and invests in you: https://medium.com/@CaseySoftware/mayor-steve-adler-is-scamming-the-austin-tech-community-399d12b976e9#.e0a3ct48l https://medium.com/@CaseySoftware/mayor-steve-adler-is-scamm...
- theli0nheart 10y agoSo much scare-mongering went into this vote and it's a big reason why Prop 1 failed. No one was scammed by anybody. Uber and Lyft chose to leave Austin. You can argue endlessly why they were forced out, but somehow other services managed to pop up and make the business work.
- caseysoftware 10y agoAdler and crew said they expected Uber+Lyft to continue operating in spite of the law. Weird. Most of the things I cite were done after the Prop 1 vote. U+L screwed that up.. the City's behavior since has been ridiculous.
- sfrailsdev 10y agoDidn't the law just require fingerprinting?
- fokinsean 10y agoThere were a few other regulations. One of them included that TNCs can't stop in the middle of a busy road when picking up a rider. This is one thing I'm really glad got implemented because people have been seriously injured and killed[0] because TNCs stop in the middle of busy roads. 0: http://kxan.com/2016/04/28/woman-claims-lyft-driver-was-at-fault-for-husbands-deadly-crash/ http://kxan.com/2016/04/28/woman-claims-lyft-driver-was-at-f...
- caseysoftware 10y agoAnd rev-share and geo-fencing and detailed geo-reporting and... http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/techflash/2015/12/point-by-point-with-uber-lyft-on-proposed-austin.html http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/techflash/2015/12/poi...
- RodericDay 10y ago> The City of Austin is the hot girl from high school who wanted you to do her homework and then just go away. Yikes.
- jessaustin 10y agoWould you feel better if the example were a "hot guy"? Or do you think the nerds should have been happy to do homework without compensation?