rideshare apps turn cities into a giant elementary school drop-off/pick-up line (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by culpritus@hexbear.net to c/urbanism@hexbear.net

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I try to avoid driving in the city generally because sicko-biker

But occasionally I have to operate a car in the city during rush hour, and it seems like every 2 blocks some rideshare is stopping in a travel lane to do pick-up/drop-off.

I can understand it to some degree if there is truly a complete gridlock of traffic (no harm no foul), but seems like people just be putting on emergency flashers and stopping about anywhere now.

Anyway, just another reason to avoid getting in a car when inside a city.

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[-] Chronicon@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

iirc that was the pitch, very very very early on. The reason they could just operate an unlicensed cab was because it was just random people freely choosing to share their ride (for gas money)

[-] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

Part of me wants to say

astronaut-1

about it always being this cynical capitalist ploy, but I am hesitant to discount the incredible power of bazingas trying to shoehorn technological solutions to social problems. Bazingas + VC money is the synthesis of this

[-] Chronicon@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

oh it was absolutely always fake. They wanted to replace taxis from the very beginning (although they started out with luxury black cars that weren't particularly price competitive)