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Show HN: Corral Rides - All your SF transportation options in one place

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Re: Show HN: Corral Rides - All your SF transportation options in one place

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Post by snir »

doorty wrote: post #18

First of all, this is great. I'll definitely be using it on a regular basis for public transit and 'taxi' rides. Second, I love that you have bike directions too. BUT, the bike directions seem to be car directions when you hit the link to google maps. Please explain...

Strange. They should be distinct. I'll look into it.

On the biking side, we're considering looking at joins between biking and other modes of transit. So for example, you could bike an extra mile and get on a different, more direct bus/train (assuming it can carry your bike).

Glad to hear you like the app :)

Re: Show HN: Corral Rides - All your SF transportation options in one place

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Post by pakeha »

Really well executed - well done. I was surprised and impressed with the output of my first search.

One feature request: the ability to save common journeys. I take Uber(x) from home to the office frequently; if I could easily compare other providers on that trip before I leave for work, maybe I'd use other services more often.

Re: Show HN: Corral Rides - All your SF transportation options in one place

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Post by hellonoam »

snir wrote: post #21
doorty wrote: post #18

First of all, this is great. I'll definitely be using it on a regular basis for public transit and 'taxi' rides. Second, I love that you have bike directions too. BUT, the bike directions seem to be car directions when you hit the link to google maps. Please explain...

Strange. They should be distinct. I'll look into it. On the biking side, we're considering looking at joins between biking and other modes of transit. So for example, you could bike an extra mile and get on a different, more direct bus/train (assuming it can carry your bike). Glad to hear you like the app :)

Google directions APIs offer biking routes, so on the backend we figure out the time it takes to get to the destination. Unfortunately the Google maps app APIs doesn't support biking directions yet just driving/walking/public transport so for now driving makes the most sense.

If there's a biking app you usually use we'd be happy to integrate with it

Re: Show HN: Corral Rides - All your SF transportation options in one place

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Post by hellonoam »

pakeha wrote: post #22

Really well executed - well done. I was surprised and impressed with the output of my first search. One feature request: the ability to save common journeys. I take Uber(x) from home to the office frequently; if I could easily compare other providers on that trip before I leave for work, maybe I'd use other services more often.

Thanks, we'll see if we can make it happen for the next release.

I don't know if you noticed, but we show you a history of your recent searches, so that could be a quicker way to get your favorite route.

Re: Show HN: Corral Rides - All your SF transportation options in one place

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Post by snir »

nikunjk wrote: post #27

This is awesome. Do you rev-share with the clients? Any plans to monetize this?

Glad you like it!

We dont have any revenue sharing relationships in place with any of the services we link out to. We don't have any plans to monetize at present either. We found ourselves switching out between these different apps whenever making transit decisions, and decided to build it out. If we observe operating costs getting too high, we might seek out those relationships.

Re: Show HN: Corral Rides - All your SF transportation options in one place

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Post by gojomo »

quotemstr wrote: post #29
gojomo wrote: post #11

Great idea... but do you have confidence that Uber/Lyft/Sidecar are happy to be aggregated like this?

Why is consent relevant?

Companies sometimes view their current inventory, pricing, and other details to be their source of proprietary value, and see attempts to copy and offer that information through another outlet as a threat.

This is especially the case if the company wants to be known as the singular best place for their kind of market information, and is the existing leader. (In such a situation, they may see copying their data as an attempt to lbootstrap a competing service, leapfrog them in comprehensiveness/popularity, or apply downward price pressure on the premium pricing their existing dominance allows.) For example, neither Ebay nor Craigslist have looked favorably on their listings being reaggregated anywhere else.

I'd guess Uber would be most likely to object and adopt technical or legal measures to prevent their info being reused in someone else's app. Uber seems most well-known, deep-pocketed, and far-thinking.

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