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Except when this service that was supposed to "disrupt" gets proven to be largely a failure, where does that leave the cab companies then? With their monopolie
by bbarn 10y ago
Except when this service that was supposed to "disrupt" gets proven to be largely a failure, where does that leave the cab companies then? With their monopolies even more solidified - because billions in VC funding couldn't stop them.
Maybe the industry doesn't need disrupting as much as the use of it does. Cabs are largely a luxury item. Improved (or even more utilized) public transit is the answer in most places, and in the places it isn't the answer, the answer isn't Uber either - it's owning a car.
- ghaff 10y agoI guess I'm just not the primary target market for these services. I use Uber from time to time when I travel and it's often a bit easier/cheaper than taking a cab. But, if Uber didn't exist I'd just take a cab. And I've never taken Uber where, in the absence of Uber, I'd take a bus/train/etc. But I maybe take Uber a handful of times a year when I travel. I have no use for it on a day to day basis.
- Hydraulix989 10y agoIndeed, when I lived in Seattle, I _only_ used public transit, but the Puget Sound's transportation is fantastic. The buses come every 10 minutes, and you can go just about anywhere. They even have a modernized light rail that s all over BART. The public transit here in the Bay Area is absolutely terrible. Privatized transit means that the people who have deep enough pockets to actually effect change here are completely complacent riding their luxury Van Hools to Hooli.
- serge2k 10y ago> but the Puget Sound's transportation is fantastic Not really. It's not awful, but I'd not call it fantastic.
- Hydraulix989 10y agoWhat would you consider fantastic? I've taken the subways in New York, Hong Kong, and South Korea before, and I still prefer Seattle's light rail.