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Why didn't they produce a time plot of when ride sharing is cheaper than taxis and each other and what percentage of rides are cheaper than taxis? Those seem mu
by foobarqux 12y ago
Why didn't they produce a time plot of when ride sharing is cheaper than taxis and each other and what percentage of rides are cheaper than taxis? Those seem much more useful than any of the other graphs.
- ignatiusjr 12y agoWe included something similar to this in the city-specific posts, see for example "Average Cost Above Cheapest Fare by Hour of Day - Weekdays" in http://blog.whatsthefare.com/2014/10/ride-sharing-in-sf.html http://blog.whatsthefare.com/2014/10/ride-sharing-in-sf.html
- foobarqux 12y agoGreat, thanks. When you say "percent of rides" does that mean actual rides requested by real users?
- ignatiusjr 12y agoTechnically it means, percent of fare estimate requests by users to whatsthefare.com, with the presumption that those users are indeed looking to take the ride that they searched for.
- foobarqux 12y agoThis sounds easy to game: If I work for X I send many requests when the fares are in my favor.