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Re:California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain ineff... by benatkin on Friday November 26, 2021 @09:34PM (#29356731)
This played out in San Francisco half a decade ago. It didn't work well.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/chariot-private-bus-startup... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_Transit

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Re:California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain ineff... by sneak on Friday November 26, 2021 @11:29PM (#29357423)
Webvan didn't work, until it did one day.

These sorts of casual dismissals assume that the underlying technological landscape doesn't change, and that all organizations execute identically on product. Neither assumption holds true.

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Re:California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain ineff... by Factorium on Saturday November 27, 2021 @01:30AM (#29358032)
It didn't work because they were strangled by regulation, by City Bureaucrats fearful that the private market would outcompete public transport.
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