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1) Home-delivery, inner city parcel service and taxi service having a centralized system. It will be a B2B and B2C combined together to make things more efficie

by ujjwalg 17y ago

1) Home-delivery, inner city parcel service and taxi service having a centralized system. It will be a B2B and B2C combined together to make things more efficient 2) Higher cab fares during night time so that drivers have incentives to operate during night, especially, on friday and saturday nights. 3) Lower medical/insurance costs

bravura 17y ago
2) Higher cab fares during night time so that drivers have incentives to operate during night, especially, on friday and saturday nights. What? You're going to incentivize driving over taking a cab? At least in NYC, this is a huge mistake. Incentivize biking for everyone and good public transit. If you're going to think about fixing transit, stop thinking about cars in the first place.
dpcan 17y ago
I have to strongly disagree with #2 as it will discourage drunk people further from calling a cab instead of driving home. There's an idea - Bar Van, free rides home from the bar, completely funded by advertising from area businesses that want to support "don't drink and drive" initiatives.
- aquateen 17y ago
  Or for a pizza place: buy a pizza, free ride home.
  - amandle 17y ago
    Order a pizza delivery while at the store, and you get to ride along!
  - matthew-wegner 17y ago
    I've never understood why pizza places don't rent movies. "Oh crap, I have a late movie sitting here collecting fines. I'll just order another pizza so they'll pick it up..."
    - blang 17y ago
      I saw a local pizzeria do this in the mid 90s. I thought it was a great idea, but I guess others did not agree with me. The place went out of business and is now a Dunkin' Donuts.
- tsally 17y ago
  Bar Van, free rides home from the bar, completely funded by advertising from area businesses that want to support "don't drink and drive" initiatives. The idea is well intentioned, but what kind of liability do you think private companies would get from putting a bunch of drunk people in a crowded van at 2AM on a weekend? I think it would have to be a state sponsored thing for it to work.
  - kingnothing 17y ago
    Liability? Probably nothing worse than putting a bunch of drunk people in a crowded bar at 2 am on a weekend. That is to say none at all.
    - tsally 17y ago
      Headline reads: Girl gets groped by drunk man in van sponsored by Bob's Bakery. Alleges sexual assault and vows to pursue legal action against all parties. Maybe there's no legal liability for Bob's Bakery in a situation like that, but it is certainly bad for business.
- kingnothing 17y ago
  Many of the bars around the college I graduated from had a "drunk bus" that would give you a free ride home. The only expectation was that you tip the driver a few bucks. There was even one that would pick you up and take you to their bar...
ahpeeyem 17y ago
re #2: cab fares in both the UK and Australia are higher at night during the peak times when everyone wants to get to or from a bar/club

by ujjwalg 17y ago

bravura 17y ago

2) Higher cab fares during night time so that drivers have incentives to operate during night, especially, on friday and saturday nights. What? You're going to incentivize driving over taking a cab? At least in NYC, this is a huge mistake. Incentivize biking for everyone and good public transit. If you're going to think about fixing transit, stop thinking about cars in the first place.

dpcan 17y ago

I have to strongly disagree with #2 as it will discourage drunk people further from calling a cab instead of driving home. There's an idea - Bar Van, free rides home from the bar, completely funded by advertising from area businesses that want to support "don't drink and drive" initiatives.

aquateen 17y ago
Or for a pizza place: buy a pizza, free ride home.
- amandle 17y ago
  Order a pizza delivery while at the store, and you get to ride along!
- matthew-wegner 17y ago
  I've never understood why pizza places don't rent movies. "Oh crap, I have a late movie sitting here collecting fines. I'll just order another pizza so they'll pick it up..."
  - blang 17y ago
    I saw a local pizzeria do this in the mid 90s. I thought it was a great idea, but I guess others did not agree with me. The place went out of business and is now a Dunkin' Donuts.
tsally 17y ago
Bar Van, free rides home from the bar, completely funded by advertising from area businesses that want to support "don't drink and drive" initiatives. The idea is well intentioned, but what kind of liability do you think private companies would get from putting a bunch of drunk people in a crowded van at 2AM on a weekend? I think it would have to be a state sponsored thing for it to work.
- kingnothing 17y ago
  Liability? Probably nothing worse than putting a bunch of drunk people in a crowded bar at 2 am on a weekend. That is to say none at all.
  - tsally 17y ago
    Headline reads: Girl gets groped by drunk man in van sponsored by Bob's Bakery. Alleges sexual assault and vows to pursue legal action against all parties. Maybe there's no legal liability for Bob's Bakery in a situation like that, but it is certainly bad for business.
kingnothing 17y ago
Many of the bars around the college I graduated from had a "drunk bus" that would give you a free ride home. The only expectation was that you tip the driver a few bucks. There was even one that would pick you up and take you to their bar...

ahpeeyem 17y ago

re #2: cab fares in both the UK and Australia are higher at night during the peak times when everyone wants to get to or from a bar/club