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Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by yazaddaruvala on Sunday August 21, 2016 @12:57AM (#12329456)
How do you believe University of Washington students know the location of each bus in the Metro Seattle area, in "real time"?

Also, to play devil's advocate, isn't UW technically government funded, at least subsidized for "in state" students?

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Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by staticfish on Sunday August 21, 2016 @03:19AM (#12329820)
Simple. they pushed and pushed until they could get wheel arch counters installed on the buses.
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