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Uber's new shuttle service sounds a lot like a bus route (qz.com)

submitted 5 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Those Silicon Valley geniuses have done it again!

Next week- "it's like the subway, but with AI!"

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works -4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I'm thinking your job would be the one to do that. A lot of companies subsidize transit passes, the problem is usually there aren't enough routes, so employees don't use them.

[–] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The hospitals in my nearby city have their own BRT which is open to public use, and joined to the city's ticketing system. It shuttles between them and various key locations, and is of course wholly subsidized for the intended users.

Despite being the only BRT here it pretty much goes everywhere it should, skipping the usual traffic, and as a result gets a lot of use.

If the users were limited to the regular transportation I think they would just all drive - while there are a lot of routes here they're not entirely pleasant to use IMO and almost always get stuck in traffic

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Exactly. Mass transit responds to what people say they want (wider roads), whereas hospitals and large companies respond to costs (i.e. cost of more parking vs a shuttle). I'm not saying transit should be privatized, I'm saying private transit filling in the gaps of mass transit is generally a good thing.