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Re:Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft – and people are ... by jgerrish on Saturday June 14, 2025 @08:06PM (#44279672)
Well, you wouldn't have to sell the car. You could also setup a licensing / loan / dedicated car system.

It would work well for local municipalities that want to provide low-cost door-to-door service for the elderly.

We have a bus service here, The ART, and a dedicates "paratransit" bus service that provides door-to-door service to eligible riders.

And a couple private large-scale developed and managed neighborhoods that have driverless non-automated (remote controlled) transit systems.

If you know a large portion of your riders have disabilities, dedicated buses or vans make sense.

I'm sitting here advocating for this, and it's a great service that I'm glad they have it for those in need, and yet I need fucking plywood for hurricanes myself.

Yeah, it is Florida. But honestly, the transit system here and bike infrastructure development and traffic planning is good.

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Re:Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft – and people are ... by tacocataco on Saturday June 14, 2025 @10:34PM (#44280153)
> You could also setup a licensing / loan / dedicated car system.

I think the word you were searching for is leasing the vehicle.

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Re:Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft – and people are ... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday June 15, 2025 @11:13AM (#44282707)
> the word you were searching for is leasing the vehicle

Car leasing tends to be time based. A self-driving car may depreciate more like an airplane, based on miles driven.

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