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If you are regularly commuting via Uber you are doing a lot of things wrong.
by megaremote 8y ago
If you are regularly commuting via Uber you are doing a lot of things wrong.
- ghaff 8y agoWhy? If it’s an alternative to owning and parking a car in a city, it seems like something that could be a rational decision especially in the absence of good transit options.
- mlthoughts2018 8y agoIn any city where the economics of car vs uber work out in favor of uber, then necessarily the economics of train + bus vs uber work out in favor of train + bus.
- zeroonetwothree 8y agoThat’s clearly false unless you value your time at $0
- mlthoughts2018 8y agoBus + train is much faster than Uber, for example in NY. You’d take an Uber in order to have the luxury of riding alone or with a small group instead of a crowd, or because you have a large suitcase, but absolutely not because it’s faster. This is no different than the same tradeoff for taxis. And the context of this subthread is about Uber as a full solution for commuting. So my original claim still holds. If things like always riding alone or always transporting luggage are impacting your daily commute decision and making you believe that paying the premium for Uber is cost effective, then necessarily it’s even more cost effective for you to buy and maintain your own car, and satisfy those unusual commute preferences in a way that amortizes the costs of operating your own car even in a dense urban area.
- teen 8y ago? Been doing it for years
- memco 8y agoDisabled people who are unable to operate a vehicle need to work too. Sometimes jobs are too far for public transportation to be an option. What should they do instead?