Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stricter rules

Re:Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stri... by schnevets on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @12:30PM (#15340177)

I always thought this idea had greater potential for extremely long car rides. If I'm taking a business trip from NYC to Boston, I'd be okay with a tagalong as long as they provide some gas money. It would have to be something scheduled in advance, but the ride would probably be more pleasant than taking a bus, and I'd be willing to drop the tagalong off somewhere besides the city square.

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Re:Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stri... by prostanac on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @12:34PM (#15340232)

There is such a service in Europe, called Bla Bla Car[0].

[0] https://www.blablacar.com/

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Re:Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stri... by nbanks on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @05:03PM (#15342495)

There's a Montréal-Toronto facebook group with 18k members I've used a few times to save on gas money. Typically people charge $30-$40 per seat for the 6 hour trip.

I drove a guy who was trying to make an app which would do this, but I can't remember what it was called. It started as a Vancouver-Whistler ride share e-mail list.

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Re:Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stri... by mastax on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @12:36PM (#15340253)

This sounds like BlaBlaCar which is (I hear) popular in Europe.

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Re:Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stri... by sprafa on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:22PM (#15340726)

it's relatively popular.

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