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Re:To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls by pavel_lishin on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @03:34PM (#13814564)
What's the incentive for people to be the driver in this scenario, other than not crapping up the commons (which in this case is the freeway?)
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Re:To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls by jessriedel on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @03:39PM (#13814618)
They get paid.
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Re:To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls by pavel_lishin on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @04:21PM (#13815013)
Wait, so this is just Uber where after you finish your short Uber shift, you go to work?
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Re:To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls by jessriedel on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @06:26PM (#13816251)
Sorta. Unlike a normal Uber driver, the carpool driver (1) specify their rough route, (2) can decline riders without penalty, and (3) isn't paid as much (basically enough to cover gas, I think). But yes, the pick-up/drop-off interface was supposed to be more or less the same.
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Re:To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls by pavel_lishin on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @08:16AM (#13819995)
Ah, thanks. I probably should have looked all of that up.
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Re:To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls by zevyoura on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @08:12PM (#13816937)
Uber doesn't let you put in a destination as a driver.
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