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Re:LA getting serious about lifting parking requirements in ... by mktmkr on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @03:45PM (#20638149)
Car shares are definitely not for driving to work but I fail to see why you can't use them to pick up your kids. Car sharing solves the problem where people can easily journey to work without a car, but they want one for other purposes like shopping.
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Re:LA getting serious about lifting parking requirements in ... by sokoloff on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @05:27PM (#20639296)
Wouldn’t most residents of the building need the shared car at roughly the same time to pick up their kids from school?
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Re:LA getting serious about lifting parking requirements in ... by mayneack on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @11:25PM (#20641580)
If most people need it at roughly the same time to get to a small number of places, then it's an obvious use for public transport.
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Re:LA getting serious about lifting parking requirements in ... by mktmkr on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @05:46PM (#20639489)
No because fewer than 20% of households in Los Angeles have school-age children. That puts a ceiling on your worst case right there.
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Re:LA getting serious about lifting parking requirements in ... by sokoloff on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:05PM (#20639642)
Provided that the housing wasn’t in some way differentially appealing to families with children (cheap 3BR, good schools, parks nearby, other amenities)
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Re:LA getting serious about lifting parking requirements in ... by briandear on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @04:57PM (#20638961)
Does Uber carry approved child safety seats?
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Re:LA getting serious about lifting parking requirements in ... by mktmkr on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @05:07PM (#20639086)
No, but to make sure we are talking about the same thing, a car share is a bit like renting a car by the hour. Uber is a computer-dispatched taxi service. Uber is not "car sharing". It is also not their other bullshit moniker "ride sharing"
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Re:LA getting serious about lifting parking requirements in ... by sokoloff on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @05:28PM (#20639306)
I think there’s a fair argument that Uber Pool is pretty close to, or at least has substantial elements of, what one would naturally call ride sharing.
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