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None of this is relevant if you have a child or dog. I know that Uber are starting to make provisions for children but there's a long way to go. But try getting

• thrownaway2424 12y ago
  Why do people insist on bringing up things like this that are totally irrelevant to the common case? Only half of American households own dogs and 140lbs is a 99.9th-percentile dog body weight so this little issue of yours is relevant to at most one of every 2000 households. You also can't haul an alpaca in uber, since we're enumerating corner cases.
  • pacaro 12y ago
    Hahahaha, true I have a ridiculous dog, but the classic family pet (I'm thinking lab, retriever, pit, etc.) is easily in the 40-90 lb range. I have no idea what taxi or Uber policies are for this situation, I know that they turn a blind eye to dogs small enough to be held on your lap. To literally replace the family car all these cases need to be covered, not just the convenient single urbanite cases
    • thrownaway2424 12y ago
      To make a huge positive benefit in our transportation system and built environment we need only take 10% of cars off the road, so I think they won't come to take away your family car just yet. Certainly there are many excellent reasons to own one. But on the other hand the impossibility of car-free and car-light lifestyles are overstated.
• eurleif 12y ago
  Uber leaves whether to allow pets up to the individual driver[0], and suggests calling the driver after ordering the ride. I imagine if you ordered an SUV (uberXL), it would very likely be fine. [0]https://support.uber.com/hc/en-us/articles/201955127-Can-I-ride-with-pets- https://support.uber.com/hc/en-us/articles/201955127-Can-I-r...
• analog31 12y ago
  Children are the third rail for any simplistic concept of urban transportation. I suspect that in all but a few cities in the US, the dilemma for a family with kids is not Car versus Uber, but 2 cars versus 1.
• pjc50 12y ago
  Do uber not take children at all, or is this just a car seat issue for small children?