Uber and Lyft don't save money, time, or the planet

Re:Uber and Lyft don't save money, time, or the planet by a2tech on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:50AM (#28944336)

Yes. Uber has radically changed my enjoyment of big cities and traveling. Now whether I step off the plane in London/Chicago/Barcelona I open up Uber, throw in an address and away I go. No bs trying to figure out the local transport tangle or crazy language struggles.

Do all these cities have apps for their local transportation models? Of course! As a weekend visitor (or work traveler) do I have it? Of course not! I just want to go places and not fight with the mode of transportation. I don't give a fig whether its a bus/train/cab/pedal cart I just want to go to the places I want to go without fighting with transport.

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Re:Uber and Lyft don't save money, time, or the planet by faemir on Thursday October 21, 2021 @11:00AM (#28945431)

Using cars of any form instead of the tube in London is a really bad way to get around it, FYI.

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Re:Uber and Lyft don't save money, time, or the planet by ghaff on Thursday October 21, 2021 @01:58PM (#28948421)

It varies a bit depending upon where you're going and when but I agree in general. Pre-pandemic, I visited London a lot and rarely took a cab/Uber. To be honest, that's true of most cities I traveled to if there was a decent transit system. Probably mostly to and from airports but, even in that case, there's often a good transit option and I usually travel light.

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