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Re:Lyft Carpool: A New Way to Commute by samstave on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @05:55PM (#11385242)
Haha I said exactly this in my private slack to my ops network:

Overlay "uber" app where people can submit a bid for flat-fee plus tip % from point A to point B - the idea is that uber drivers could also login to a system to select A-B trips which are bid on

Driver says gimme a bid from a radius of me at point a to a radius of point b - when there is a march they connect

I said that on Feb/26

Re:Lyft Carpool: A New Way to Commute by bduerst on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @06:36PM (#11385518)
Yep. You could classify trip requests for delivering people, goods, alcohol, medical, or perishable goods. A multitude of apps for people with cars could push or pull from the network, so at any time a driver (with a compatible app) could see nearby deliveries and their bids. Business services and apps users could post bids for delivery real time.

I mean, drivers already run Lyft and Uber simultaneously, and are now used to the idea of ridesharing.

Re:Lyft Carpool: A New Way to Commute by samstave on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @06:43PM (#11385564)
The radius idea was based on "give me a rider who wants to go from where I am now to near where I already need to go"