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This can be said for taxis as well, though, right? What's the difference?
by jvanderbot 3y ago
This can be said for taxis as well, though, right? What's the difference?
- wongarsu 3y agoUber tries that, but it turns out in many places you can't offer human-driven taxis much cheaper once you put them on equal footing regarding insurance and other relevant regulations and stop running the service at a loss.
- tyre 3y agoNo need to pay a human and fewer total cars because they can operate mostly 24hr/day
- bonton89 3y agoMost traffic occurs during the morning and evening commute, you'll need roughly the same number of vehicles for those surges unless those norms change as well.
- roywiggins 3y agoCan't taxis already operate 24hrs a day? Just rotate out the drivers.
- bluGill 3y agoThey can, but nobody wants a ride except drunks. Which is one reason why taxis look so bad: when a significant portion of your clients are drunk (throwing up in the back, peeing on the seats and all the other things they do) you don't want a nice car. Nice taxis don't work those shifts. If there is a big shared car market (I doubt it) you will see cars for different times of the day as a profile for potential drunk rider.