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Not to mention, uber is far from an (unbiased) public service, who'll ensure the bias? Also public transport should be definition be cheap and not costly, there
by thewhitetulip 10y ago
Not to mention, uber is far from an (unbiased) public service, who'll ensure the bias? Also public transport should be definition be cheap and not costly, there should be no such thing as surge pricing. Strange that a city is destroying public transport and paving way for exploitation of their citizens
- joshaidan 10y agoSince the city is subsidizing fares, I imagine they would have some influence into the service being delivered. (You can voice your complaints to city hall)
- thewhitetulip 10y agoI am curious, if the fares are subsidized, then how much Uber will earn? I can imagine that surge pricing makes them a lot of money, are they going to drive away surge pricing? What if it is 2am and uber asks for 400$ ( I am not American, so pardon my analogy) to go for a small distance? Considering the rebellious attitude Uber has, I can imagine their city hall complaint as "this is how we will behave, else we will go out of your city like we did in Austin"
- joshaidan 10y agoThe Innisfil city website mentioned that there will be flat rate pricing to certain major destinations in town.
- thewhitetulip 10y ago_certain major destinations_ This is the reason this isn't a public transport, there is no such thing as "certain major destination" when it comes to public transport!
- randyrand 10y agodestroying public transit? Most suburbs never have public transit to begin with! Mine didnt, and it doesn't sound like Insifil had much either. They couldnt even justify 2 busses.
- thewhitetulip 10y agoDestroying would be a wrong word, of course, if a public system didn't exist earlier then nothing can be destroyed. I am from a small town in India and we didn't have buses in our town either, we had autorickshaws for travel + a big autorickshaw which fits 6 people.