Re:The Uber Bubble
by AlexandrB on Sunday April 17, 2022 @08:40PM
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That doesn't really work for taxis. No matter how much you want to distribute rides across the whole day, no discount is going to be able to get people to commute to work at midnight - most of your rides will happen around 9am and 5pm. So many taxis will have to spend a good chunk of the day idle. With self-driving taxis, at least you're not paying human drivers for some of this idle time (which Uber doesn't either AFAIK, but traditional taxis do).
This is in contrast to air travel, where with the right discounts you can get people to fly at inconvenient times of day.
Re:The Uber Bubble
by Ekaros on Monday April 18, 2022 @06:05AM
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I think most of rides by volume will be around weekend and special holidays. But even then limited 2h-4h slots, around bar opening and closing times. Having enough supply for these peaks will be impossible to make work.
This is in contrast to air travel, where with the right discounts you can get people to fly at inconvenient times of day.