Show HN: Hitch – Uber meets Public Transit
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Show HN: Hitch – Uber meets Public Transit
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Re: Show HN: Hitch – Uber meets Public Transit
#2How is this any different from Lyft? "Splitting a ride with even more strangers" isn't sufficient differentiation.
Re: Show HN: Hitch – Uber meets Public Transit
#3How is this any different from Lyft? "Splitting a ride with even more strangers" isn't sufficient differentiation.
Lyft pairs one passenger (or equivalently, one party) to one driver. We've built a system which will actually take your route into consideration, and pair you with additional passengers that are en-route (relative to you). In other words, your ride is shared with other people heading in the same direction you are.
While are drivers are for-hire at this phase (in order to provide a reliable and available supply-side), there is much higher utilization in the car as multiple riding parties are paired to it.
EDIT:
I see the question was changed slightly. Higher utilization makes all the difference. Our current public transit system is just as you've stated: a vehicle being shared by "more strangers" (in your own words). We envision our system creating a completely adaptive and dynamic transit grid, which lends itself to predominant way in which people get around in the future.
Re: Show HN: Hitch – Uber meets Public Transit
#4How is this any different from Lyft? "Splitting a ride with even more strangers" isn't sufficient differentiation.
It looks like you'd be splitting the ride with others so filling up more of the car and thus paying less. Perhaps even meeting others. Sounds like enough of a difference to me.
Re: Show HN: Hitch – Uber meets Public Transit
#5More like "dollar vans with an app".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_van
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#6I took one of these from the mission to marina yesterday. I couldn't believe it was only ~$8. Next generation transportation
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#7For me the killer feature for Uber and Hitch is when they start using a driverless fleet.
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#8Somewhat related solution in Finland, bus-on-demand: http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/news/call-a-bus-to-yo...
Re: Show HN: Hitch – Uber meets Public Transit
#9More like "dollar vans with an app". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_van
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Re: Show HN: Hitch – Uber meets Public Transit
#10Somewhat related solution in Finland, bus-on-demand: http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/news/call-a-bus-to-yo...
Absolutely :) There are lot of systems like this that we took as inspiration. See my comment below on how we formalized this type of transit, and built something that can make more objective decisions as to whether the pairing "makes sense."