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Re:Uber enters dockless bike wars with Jump acquisition by clairity on Monday April 09, 2018 @07:17PM (#16797829)
the LA i live in (not at the beach) allows me to walk/bike/bus/train to basically anywhere i want to go, most of which is within 5 miles of where i live. when i need to go farther, i can take a lyft or rent a car.

but you gotta get over that perception of sprawl to realize how great LA is for multi-modal transport.

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Re:Uber enters dockless bike wars with Jump acquisition by bogomipz on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @03:58AM (#16799789)
>"but you gotta get over that perception of sprawl to realize how great LA is for multi-modal transport"

multi-modal transport? You mean the bus? The bus in LA is a joke. Nobody wants to take the bus in LA - it takes way to long to get anywhere. The metro is notable in how little area it covesr. I think this map illustrates this well:

https://media.timeout.com/images/103334943/image.jpg

So what does that leave? Cars. You yourself even mentioned ""Lyft and renting a car." Owning a car, renting a car and calling a car are all car-centric modes of transport.

And LA doesn't have a perception of sprawl it is actually sprawl.

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