Re:Uber will charge significantly more per trip as new Seatt...
by Broken_Hippo on Thursday December 31, 2020 @06:27AM
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Destroyed? No. It has to exist to be destroyed.
I've lived in two places with busses. One is my current location in Norway, and I don't need a car to do my everyday stuff. The other was in Indiana. You couldn't always get home if you worked second shift and you couldn't get home from the bar: they also didn't run on sundays.
Slightly more common were taxis (but I've lived more than one place without this as well). The taxis were never reliable in the US: For example, my car broke. I called the cab company, who told me that it was impossible to order a car ahead of time and they couldn't give me a decent time to call - waiting time could be anywhere from 15 minutes to two hours. As you can imagine, it makes getting to work or to a doctor appointment difficult - especially if you are stuck outside before they opened.
City to city public transportation just doesn't exist most places.
I've lived in two places with busses. One is my current location in Norway, and I don't need a car to do my everyday stuff. The other was in Indiana. You couldn't always get home if you worked second shift and you couldn't get home from the bar: they also didn't run on sundays.
Slightly more common were taxis (but I've lived more than one place without this as well). The taxis were never reliable in the US: For example, my car broke. I called the cab company, who told me that it was impossible to order a car ahead of time and they couldn't give me a decent time to call - waiting time could be anywhere from 15 minutes to two hours. As you can imagine, it makes getting to work or to a doctor appointment difficult - especially if you are stuck outside before they opened.
City to city public transportation just doesn't exist most places.