04-12-2018, 12:59 PM
Jarrett Walker has discussed ride sharing as a competitor and alternative to fixed route public transit at some length at Human Transit. It's a good place to read more nuanced explanation of ride sharing, and where it can and can not replace transit.
The writer tries to portray streetcars as "19th century" and ride sharing as "high tech." There's nothing high tech about ride sharing besides the software. We're talking about taxis here, essentially, and municipalities- and other bodies- subsidizing transportation by paying for taxi rides is nothing new.
The article is nothing new, either. Plenty of people have been making the same argument for some time.
[url=http://www.humantransit.org][/url]
The writer tries to portray streetcars as "19th century" and ride sharing as "high tech." There's nothing high tech about ride sharing besides the software. We're talking about taxis here, essentially, and municipalities- and other bodies- subsidizing transportation by paying for taxi rides is nothing new.
The article is nothing new, either. Plenty of people have been making the same argument for some time.
[url=http://www.humantransit.org][/url]