UberHop: More people in fewer cars

Re:UberHop: More people in fewer cars by GnarfGnarf on Thursday December 17, 2015 @05:21PM (#10755018)

Great idea. It's just like the colectivo system used in Lima, Peru and other Latin American cities since the 60's and earlier. Colectivos are taxis traveling a fixed route and shared by a carful of people. You stand by the side of the road, waive one down and he takes you downtown real cheap.

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Re:UberHop: More people in fewer cars by acjohnson55 on Thursday December 17, 2015 @11:29PM (#10756638)

These exist pretty much everywhere, by dozens of names: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_taxi

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Re:UberHop: More people in fewer cars by bloat on Friday December 18, 2015 @05:21AM (#10757718)

Also known as a bus!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/09/uber-uberh...

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Re:UberHop: More people in fewer cars by yekim on Thursday December 17, 2015 @09:00PM (#10756127)

Or like becaks and opelets in Indonesia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_rickshaw

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oplet

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Re:UberHop: More people in fewer cars by petra on Thursday December 17, 2015 @10:31PM (#10756436)

I don't think it's like that , i think uber polans to offer a more dynamic route.

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Re:UberHop: More people in fewer cars by zymhan on Thursday December 17, 2015 @05:29PM (#10755070)

They have these in the Middle East as well.

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