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What if public transit was like Uber? A small city ended its bus service to find out (apnews.com)

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What if public transit was like Uber? A small city ended its bus service to find out::Small-scale, tech-based solutions to transportation problems have emerged as a great equalizer in the battle for infrastructure dollars between big cities and rural communities.

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[-] wahming 6 points 1 year ago

Did you read the article? This is a tiny sprawling city of 50k residents, and there simply wasn't enough population density to justify most of the bus routes they were operating. I live in Europe and love the public transport here, but it's possible that for extremely low density areas a scheme like this makes sense. Possibly combined with normal public transit along trunk routes

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