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I'd be surprised if they were allowed to use their phones while working.

• Zaheer 10y ago
  I think OP meant so that they have data for all transportation vs relying on users crowdsourced. Still crowdsourced but with better paid sourcing :) Note that it's passive - users don't have to do anything I believe aside from having the app.
  • glibgil 10y ago
    Yes, this is what I mean. Drivers would not have to do anything if Transit is smart about it. "Looks like you are a driver. You have taken two return trips on the 14 today. Enter your debit card and keep the app installed and we'll pay you $10 every day you drive"
    • jzwinck 10y ago
      Homeless people could just sit on buses all day and get paid for it too. And within a few days some disruptive people will duct tape their phones plus large batteries to the bottom of buses. Then terror alert.
      • janekm 10y ago
        The homeless part sounds like a pretty good idea. You hear a lot about startup employees looking the other way with regard to social problems in the Bay Area, so partial solutions like this could be interesting? Of course $10 per day doesn't really raise anyone out of homelessness...
        • thrownblown 10y ago
          $10 does get you 1 rock of crack
        • icebraining 10y ago
          Good idea? It's political suicide! Their name would be dragged in the mud faster than you can say "exploitation". You can only offer low payments (that is, in exchange for something, not donations) to people who don't really need them, never to the homeless or otherwise unemployed.