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I think what could be interesting is to write a site/app that would allow people to order taxis with ease (using GPS, etc), but instead sell it to cab companies
by antihero 15y ago
I think what could be interesting is to write a site/app that would allow people to order taxis with ease (using GPS, etc), but instead sell it to cab companies as a way of getting business, so essentially anyone can be as accessible as Uber. A bit like what E-Resistible did here in the UK.
- enki 15y agothere aren't enough cabs in SF - people aren't using cabs because they can't get any. only way to get cabs more business is more cabs.
- dotBen 15y agoIndeed there's no addressable need here for cab companies to find passengers when there are not enough cabs to begin with.
- shrike 15y agoTaxiMagic does exactly that. Apps for Android and iPhone, free to use if you pay cash, a fee to pay with CC thru the app. I use it for short trips in SF and Uber for longer trips. It always takes less time for the Ubermobile to show up than a taxi.
- JonnieCache 15y agoAs someone who occasionally has to order cabs from unusual and hard-to-describe-over-the-phone places, ordering with GPS would be a bloody godsend. Most of the people on the end of taxi numbers dont even seem to have a map in front of them. If you can't give them a street address, they don't seem to comprehend that you're describing a real place, on the same planet as they are. The drivers naturally know where everything is instantly, the issue is persuading the phone operator to relay your directions to them.