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Re:Another Study Blames Uber and Lyft for Public Transit’s D... by vkou on Friday January 25, 2019 @02:41PM (#19001665)
When the wealthy[1] can opt out of having to use public services, those public services tend to be crap.

When the wealthy are forced to use public services, all of a sudden, they become interested and politically engaged in improving them.

Uber doesn't drive improvements in transit in this sense - it starves it of political capital.

The best transit services are ones which are used by a wide swathe of the public.

[1] If you are regularly paying $6-30 for a one-way taxi commute, you are either wealthy, really money-foolish, or a truly special case.

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Re:Another Study Blames Uber and Lyft for Public Transit’s D... by mattnewton on Friday January 25, 2019 @02:48PM (#19001763)
Not sure about the ranges on that wealthy comparison- if I wanted to commute to work by bus, it would cost >$6 in bus faires a day in the Bay Area. Splitting a Lyft line in San Francisco often results in math where we actually save money while using a more convenient service. It’s just hard to choose public transit around here when it is unreliable, barely cost competitive and slower.
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Re:Another Study Blames Uber and Lyft for Public Transit’s D... by thatfrenchguy on Friday January 25, 2019 @02:51PM (#19001801)
It's pretty rare you end up spending 3$ for a Lyft in SF. The bus pass is also $78 (or $1.95 a ride assuming you work 20 days a month). It should be cheaper yes, but it's still much cheaper.
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Re:Another Study Blames Uber and Lyft for Public Transit’s D... by prolikewhoa on Friday January 25, 2019 @03:48PM (#19002356)
Costs $24/day including tip for me to go 1/2 mile with Lyft 10 miles outside of Seattle during non surge pricing.

Costs me $0/day to take the bus or light rail, subsidized by my workplace. $3-$4 if your workplace doesn't subsidize and you get a regional pass.

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Re:Another Study Blames Uber and Lyft for Public Transit’s D... by thatfrenchguy on Friday January 25, 2019 @02:49PM (#19001778)
This, a million times. The metro in Paris is good because upper middle class people take it.
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Re:Another Study Blames Uber and Lyft for Public Transit’s D... by AlexB138 on Friday January 25, 2019 @03:04PM (#19001953)
How exactly did you come up with that direction for the causal relationship?
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Re:Another Study Blames Uber and Lyft for Public Transit’s D... by geebee on Friday January 25, 2019 @03:22PM (#19002120)
Just so. But they also take it because it’s good
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Re:Another Study Blames Uber and Lyft for Public Transit’s D... by Scoundreller on Friday January 25, 2019 @02:51PM (#19001797)
If you can group it with 2 or 3 people, ride shares become competitive with public transit, let alone the time savings of Door-to-door service.
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