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Feels to me like there's some pretty big leaps being made in the assertions. Just one example: >Taxi demand is sociologically bipolar; 35 percent of users have
by rsanek 5y ago
Feels to me like there's some pretty big leaps being made in the assertions. Just one example:
>Taxi demand is sociologically bipolar; 35 percent of users have incomes over $100,000 and 55 percent have incomes under $40,000. Thus, on Saturday night wealthier people out for a night on the town compete for service with night shift workers who do not have transit options.
Huge non-sequitur. It seems to be a reasonable assumption that high-income people will use rideshare for nights out, but how do we know night shift workers do not have other transit options? Or that night shift workers use rideshare/taxis at all? I think even for wealthy people it would be pretty crazy to rely on a taxi as their default commute option on a consistent basis, it is just way too expensive.
- scarface74 5y agoMy younger son had a job before he had his license. We spent around $300-$400 a month on Uber for him. That was still cheaper than a used car + insurance for an 18 year old male. My son is a big dude and we couldn’t buy him a little beater. Heck my parents paid $500/month on me in 1991 for a $10K low end Ford + car insurance. If my old Ford with 150K+ miles got to the point where it wasn’t worth getting fixed, I wouldn’t buy another car. I did without a car for a year when I gave my car to my older son who doesn’t live with us. I work remotely. When I needed to go some place local, I would take Uber often. I rented a car for a weekend every three months to go home to see my parents, I had groceries delivered. Admittedly we did have one car. But my wife was usually busy during the day. I see no purpose for having a car just to sit in the garage most of the time. Uber is cheaper.