Not intended as an insult, but that's city thinking.
I guess my point was that personal ownership of small cars will be the first to decline as self-driving and service-based (Uber and the like) car use increases.
The SUV/Truck car market I believe will last a little bit longer because a large part of the use of those things is for transportation and storage of personal belongings as well as numerous children, which Uber/Lyft don't cater as easily to.
New York is the only market that I'm aware where you can ask for a (one) car seat when you request an Uber. It worked fairly well when I went to visit, but most cars only have one seat, so if you have two kids you're still out of luck.
Yeah, no
> New York is the only market that I'm aware where you can ask for a (one) car seat when you request an Uber. It worked fairly well when I went to visit, but most cars only have one seat, so if you have two kids you're still out of luck.
Interesting. I wonder why only New York? This is another one of those corporate decisions that I would really like to know how they arrived at.
For example, in Madrid we were often being told having toddlers in taxis was a big issue, as the law isn't very clear on the legality of it. You'd think that type of market would be ripe for providing a competitive edge.
I also don't really see why you necessarily have to limit yourself to one kid; there are plenty of taxis that aren't small sedans, and most Uberlike apps allow you to sit in the front, so you could pop two kids and a spouse in the back, and ride up front.
Most car seats I've seen are difficult to transport, mainly because they are heavy, bulky, don’t fit onto a stroller, and they certainly don’t roll. Once I found out Uber had that feature in New York I didn't even bother doing additional research for that trip, but could benefit from the knowledge in future trips.
We've done two plane trips with her so far, and obviously the car seat has come with every time, and it's worked out very well.
I'm not sure whether the car seat is heavy or not - just earlier, I was discussing laptop weight with someone, and I definitely don't mind carrying heavy things - so I honestly don't know if I'd call it heavy or not. It feels fine to me, and if I had to take her somewhere in a car without the stroller, it would be annoying, but much less annoying than owning a car in the city :P