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Less stops yes, but in Uber pools the stops can be incredibly inconvenient and made worse with poor drivers or riders, resulting in long rides. At least with a

Less stops yes, but in Uber pools the stops can be incredibly inconvenient and made worse with poor drivers or riders, resulting in long rides. At least with a bus I get a well trained professional who is prepared for almost all scenarios. I also can estimate how long s bus will take, pools can be unpredictability long.

so33 8y ago
The idea of Uber Express Pool is set up so that you walk to a designated pickup point, wait, and walk from a designated drop-off point. So, essentially, it's a tiny bus that makes stops along a route. But with less capacity than a bus and less consistent scheduling and routing. (To be clear - I am pretty skeptical of the idea of demand-responsive "microtransit" such as Uber Express Pool).
- sokoloff 8y ago
  In this case, semi-customized routing and scheduling soundly beats consisting routing and scheduling. Even when my ride is paid by someone else (business travel), I will often use Pool and now Express Pool as I find it efficient.
toomanybeersies 8y ago
> At least with a bus I get a well trained professional who is prepared for almost all scenarios Your city clearly has different bus drivers to every city I've ever lived in. The best moment I've ever had on a bus was when the bus driver stopped on a level crossing while a train was coming. I've also had bus drivers clip signs and parked cars, crash into other cars and busses, brake and accelerate like they were trying to dodge a heat seeking missile, and just generally bad drivers. And in my current city, the bus drivers (and tram drivers) won't do anything about bad passengers, they sit in their little perspex box and ignore the passengers. I was on a tram the other day while an ex con was screaming obscenities at old Asian lady. The lady complained to the tram driver, who did literally nothing. She had to get off the tram because he was getting so abusive I swear he was about to hit her.

so33 8y ago

The idea of Uber Express Pool is set up so that you walk to a designated pickup point, wait, and walk from a designated drop-off point. So, essentially, it's a tiny bus that makes stops along a route. But with less capacity than a bus and less consistent scheduling and routing. (To be clear - I am pretty skeptical of the idea of demand-responsive "microtransit" such as Uber Express Pool).

sokoloff 8y ago
In this case, semi-customized routing and scheduling soundly beats consisting routing and scheduling. Even when my ride is paid by someone else (business travel), I will often use Pool and now Express Pool as I find it efficient.

toomanybeersies 8y ago

> At least with a bus I get a well trained professional who is prepared for almost all scenarios Your city clearly has different bus drivers to every city I've ever lived in. The best moment I've ever had on a bus was when the bus driver stopped on a level crossing while a train was coming. I've also had bus drivers clip signs and parked cars, crash into other cars and busses, brake and accelerate like they were trying to dodge a heat seeking missile, and just generally bad drivers. And in my current city, the bus drivers (and tram drivers) won't do anything about bad passengers, they sit in their little perspex box and ignore the passengers. I was on a tram the other day while an ex con was screaming obscenities at old Asian lady. The lady complained to the tram driver, who did literally nothing. She had to get off the tram because he was getting so abusive I swear he was about to hit her.