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Ultimately these aren't tech businesses, it (should be) a pretty low margin commodity business of basically taxi dispatch and if we had functional cities most o
by siliconc0w 3y ago
Ultimately these aren't tech businesses, it (should be) a pretty low margin commodity business of basically taxi dispatch and if we had functional cities most of that wouldn't be needed because of public transportation.
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- sokoloff 3y agoI can't think of a city with functional public transportation that doesn't have a taxi service. (I'm sure someone will come along and post one, which will be an interesting bit of trivia, but every city I can think of with good public transport also has some kind of taxi/close-equivalent service.)
- rsynnott 3y agoSure, but it’s a question of relative size and importance. There’s probably always a use for some taxis, but you’re going to need more the worse the public transport system is.
- ghaff 3y agoIt's not clear as a general statement. Manhattan has a pretty decent public transit system but there are also a huge number of taxis because the combination of the density and the subway system means relatively fewer residents own cars relative to more spread out cities without decent public transit.