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How are cooperatives not incentivized to "let basically anyone join"? The more drivers a co-op has means shorter wait times and higher geographic coverage for
by itake 4y ago
How are cooperatives not incentivized to "let basically anyone join"?
The more drivers a co-op has means shorter wait times and higher geographic coverage for the passengers. If passengers have to wait too long, they will lose faith in the reliability of the co-op and be forced to use other forms of transit.
The more passengers a co-op has means drivers have to idle less or shorter (unpaid) distances to travel to pickup a passenger.
It is always better for the co-op to have more active drivers and more active passengers. The growth comes in the form of "let basically anyone join".
- igorkraw 4y agoWhy do you think a cooperative will be conscious about reputational awareness of reliability, but not about safety?
- itake 4y agoI never said a co-op would not care about safety. I am saying that they lack the resources to implement low-cost safety solutions. None of the co-ops listed have industry standard safety systems for telematics (unplanned stops, detour detection, or unsafe driving), face recognition, or audio recording. Feel free to address the original point of how co-ops have the same incentives as Big Tech for letting anyone on the platform.
- longtimelistnr 4y agoI don’t think you’re wrong but it’s certainly extremely pessimistic to believe this is impossible.