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Re:Uber, losing billions, freezes engineering hires by technological on Sunday August 11, 2019 @01:56AM (#20666519)
One of the reason is because Singapore is small compared to US. Its hard and dangerous to travel around motorbikes here
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Re:Uber, losing billions, freezes engineering hires by djpr on Sunday August 11, 2019 @08:03AM (#20667748)
Maybe it's not Singapore that's an outlier, but the US? Delivery in Spain, Portugal, and other European countries is by motorcycle.

I believe in the US, a car driving license is fairly easy to get and used cars are very cheap. Plus, given the driving culture, I assume that in the US people just don't think about motorcycles unlike in Europe or Asia as a viable way to get around.

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Re:Uber, losing billions, freezes engineering hires by mmcnl on Sunday August 11, 2019 @09:40AM (#20668127)
In The Netherlands, most deliveries are by ebike. This has a lot of advantages:

- Even cheaper than motorcycles / scooters

- No license required

- Excellent bike infrastructure already available

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Re:Uber, losing billions, freezes engineering hires by JCharante on Sunday August 11, 2019 @04:04AM (#20666988)
It's a safety in numbers thing. When there are 90 motorbikes and 20 cars at an intersection it's a lot safer to be riding a motorbike than in the US where you might see one or two motorbikes on your commute.
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