New Research on How Ride-Hailing Impacts Travel Behavior

Re:New Research on How Ride-Hailing Impacts Travel Behavior by throwawaybbqed on Sunday October 15, 2017 @02:39PM (#15478471)

I have had the same issue in the past in the Bay area. I finally got a clipper card a few weeks ago (I live in MV typically walk to work). Yesterday, I was in front of a VTA in San Jose trying to get back to MV. The people around were a bit shady, and there was a pretty long wait for the train - of course .. I called an Uber, which cost a few bucks more. Still waiting to use that clipper card.

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Re:New Research on How Ride-Hailing Impacts Travel Behavior by mycodebreaks on Sunday October 15, 2017 @02:50PM (#15478555)

Yes, clipper card can fix the problem for locals. But, temporary visitors/tourists to the area may not want to get such a card.

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Re:New Research on How Ride-Hailing Impacts Travel Behavior by ajdlinux on Sunday October 15, 2017 @08:27PM (#15480113)

If you make it easy enough and obvious enough to figure out how to buy a card and don't impose a significant card purchase fee, I think a lot of temporary visitors are willing to do it. The problem is when transit agencies don't make the process of obtaining a card as straightforward as buying a single-trip ticket.

Personally, I've got around a dozen transit cards spanning at least six countries...

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Re:New Research on How Ride-Hailing Impacts Travel Behavior by pdx6 on Sunday October 15, 2017 @07:38PM (#15479972)

The Oyster card in London is the only way to pay. Pay stations can vend cards, but they need to be distributed more for this to work with Clipper.

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Re:New Research on How Ride-Hailing Impacts Travel Behavior by evadne on Sunday October 15, 2017 @08:11PM (#15480074)

This would be incorrect as contactless payment cards (e.g. via Apple Pay) are widely supported in London. [1]

[1] https://tfl.gov.uk/fares-and-payments/ways-to-pay/whats-the-...

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