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The article says that the government came up with $14/h. It also says that Lyft can measure this by what people are willing to pay for an earlier ride, and that
by bla3 6y ago
The article says that the government came up with $14/h. It also says that Lyft can measure this by what people are willing to pay for an earlier ride, and that works out to $19/h. Then it claims that that's in conflict. But people who use Lyft likely want to go somewhere else, so it's not an unbiased sample. For that reason, isn't it unsurprising that Lyft gets a somewhat higher figure?
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoAlso there's a huge slice of the population that takes a "screw that, too expensive" approach to Lift/Uber/Taxis. Their transit needs still presumably fall under the scope of the DOT though, so that would drag the government's number down relative to Lyft's.