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This is really well done. But it saddens me that out of thousands of companies in SV, there are only about 5 represented on that graph. And 101 is sitting still

This is really well done. But it saddens me that out of thousands of companies in SV, there are only about 5 represented on that graph. And 101 is sitting still, clogged with one-passenger-cars for the entire peak period. What we need is some enterprising company, or even a municipal effort, to figure out how this can be handled as a venture. Every major SV company conglomeration (say Redwood Shores) will surely have hundreds - thousands of people commuting everyday, in a fairly set routine. Even at a premium price, I'm sure many of those people would opt in for a luxury bus service (reliable wifi would be key). Why aren't there any of those?

markerdmann 14y ago
I would easily pay $500 a month for a service like this.
- tazzy531 14y ago
  Check out RidePal: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/ridepal-to-help-bay-area-residents-commute-like-google-employees/ http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/ridepal-to-help-b... _______________ For employers wishing to reserve a certain number of seats on specific buses at certain times, RidePal plans to sell subscriptions, starting at $250 a month for companies of up to 50 people. That subscription is credited toward fares, which start at $8 a seat for trips within a 10-mile zone and go up to $589 for a monthly pass within the largest travel zone, which extends up to 75 miles from the pickup location. _______________
tazzy531 14y ago
There's a couple of startups that do exactly this for individuals and startups. Here is one that I did a quick search on: http://www.ridepal.com/ http://www.ridepal.com/ Here's an article on these guys: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/ridepal-to-help-bay-area-residents-commute-like-google-employees/ http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/ridepal-to-help-b... Also, if there's a market, why doesn't someone on YC solve this problem? The GBus was started as a 20% project by a single engineer. He got a group of fellow coworkers together and charted a van to commute to work. When I was working in Finance in NYC, a bunch of the traders got together and chartered a van to drive them to the office in Stamford, CT. It's really not a hard problem to solve. Edit: Here's another: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/business&id=7520208 http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/business&i...

markerdmann 14y ago

I would easily pay $500 a month for a service like this.

tazzy531 14y ago
Check out RidePal: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/ridepal-to-help-bay-area-residents-commute-like-google-employees/ http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/ridepal-to-help-b... _______________ For employers wishing to reserve a certain number of seats on specific buses at certain times, RidePal plans to sell subscriptions, starting at $250 a month for companies of up to 50 people. That subscription is credited toward fares, which start at $8 a seat for trips within a 10-mile zone and go up to $589 for a monthly pass within the largest travel zone, which extends up to 75 miles from the pickup location. _______________

tazzy531 14y ago

There's a couple of startups that do exactly this for individuals and startups. Here is one that I did a quick search on: http://www.ridepal.com/ http://www.ridepal.com/ Here's an article on these guys: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/ridepal-to-help-bay-area-residents-commute-like-google-employees/ http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/ridepal-to-help-b... Also, if there's a market, why doesn't someone on YC solve this problem? The GBus was started as a 20% project by a single engineer. He got a group of fellow coworkers together and charted a van to commute to work. When I was working in Finance in NYC, a bunch of the traders got together and chartered a van to drive them to the office in Stamford, CT. It's really not a hard problem to solve. Edit: Here's another: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/business&id=7520208 http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/business&i...