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Re: Waze Carpool

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Post by olegkikin »

joncrane wrote: post #128
kamaln7 wrote: post #46

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Can confirm. Just like "Kleenex" in some places, Waze has become the generic term for GPS Navigation here in Israel. Honestly, I have no idea why people still use it when Google Maps has an infinitely better interface and no ads.

In addition to the routing being better in Waze as others have commented, Waze gives you a heads up on potholes, speed traps, red light cameras, etc. I don't believe those features exist in Google Maps.

Why would any reasonable company decide to warn people of red light cameras? People who go through red lights are freaking dangerous.

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Post by lsh123 »

darksaints wrote: post #148
Tiktaalik wrote: post #88

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Why don't we hire a bunch of experts to figure out what the most common and efficient routes are for the most people and then hire people to run those routes regularly? Oops I just invented buses again, just the rest of these transportation startups eventually end up doing. The extremely boring answer to our transportation problems is to properly fund public transportation. We've known the solution for ages, but it's…

> The extremely boring answer to our transportation problems is to properly fund public transportation. We've known the solution for ages, but it's kept down by the wealthy class who don't want to pay for public works that would benefit everyone. I'd say the middle class are the real problem. You see, the primary reason why transit costs so much in taxes is because few people ride it. Few people ride it because drivi…

"I'd say the middle class are the real problem."

Do you suggest to destroy middle class? It was done before and didn't end well.

The real issue with public transportation is convenience. The public transportation is trying to optimize for the most common transportation patterns. In reality, this doesn't work very well because 1) it turns out that there are more slices than we can efficiently support; 2) the patterns change faster than we can adjust the service (e.g. during the day).

Carpool/ridesharing is trying to find the middle ground between 100 routes / 100 passengers each; and 10,000 routes / 1 passenger.

Re "driving cost", the public transportation is usually heavily subsidized from taxes. The actual costs per transported passenger per mile are significantly hire than cars (in US). What you are describing as "driving cost" is a tax on drivers which also covers public transportation (partially). In reality, fully commercial public transportation is profitable in very few routes that doesn't cover the needs of all the people.

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Post by fenwick67 »

pmilla1606 wrote: post #63

Unrelated to the content but scrolling on that page is basically unusable. Janky/sluggish/awful. Chrome 63, OSX 10.12.06

Same here, Chrome 36 on Windows, although IE is just as bad.

I think they tried to tween too much stuff at once.

Re: Waze Carpool

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Post by mintplant »

mintplant wrote: post #228
spike021 wrote: post #162

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Eh, you can do the same as most of these features you mention with normal apps. At least where I live in SF, Google Maps can tell you all the different public transportation routes, times, and fares, as well as a notification for when to leave, etc. The Transit app is also really useful for this. It's just the public transit systems that need improvement, but the rider side isn't too bad.

> The Transit app is also really useful for this. I was excited to try this, but it seems broken. Every pair of locations I give it returns "No routes found", even for stops that are directly connected by a single bus route that I can see in its database.

Update: since reaching out to the developers over email, they've fixed the server bug causing this issue and the trip planner is working now.

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Post by cornholio »

mi100hael wrote: post #306
cornholio wrote: post #270

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Surely having a charging wire in your car and connecting it before a long drive is not that hard? It's the main way my Samsung phone charges, I usually go full blast playing internet radio, running Waze etc. and when I arrive my phone is 100% charged. I always wondered why there isn't there a charging standard for phone mounts/cradles just like the old cordless phones where placing it in the cradle made two metallic…

You can get wireless charging car cradles https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-qi-wireless-car-phone...

An overly complex and finicky solution, alas not supported by the lower end phones, including mine.

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Post by JimboOmega »

udioron wrote: post #245

I live in Israel in a city called Modiin and use public transportion to visit client offices out of town. The public transportation by train to Tel Aviv, Hertzelia and Haifa is great, but anything else is somewhere between terrible and nonexistent. In the past year I use Waze Carpool and Moovit ( https://www.moovitapp.com/ , both developed and beta tested/dog-fooded in Israel) to get to those "unreachable" destinatio…

Waze Carpool has existed for some time in the United States too.

I have tried to use it plenty, I have only had it match me successfully once though. Which was amazing when it worked.

Re: Waze Carpool

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Post by tytso »

The really big difference between Waze Carpool and Uber/Lyft is that the driver is paid at most 54 cents a mile (e.g., gas money), and Waze will only match the driver with passengers for two trips / day.

So it is not designed to be something where the driver will make a living, but really just as a way for a driver to get some company, maybe take advantage of the HOV lanes, and it gets some cars off of the road to reduce congestion.

This has impacts to the sort of insurance drivers will need to get, since it's really no different from traditional car pooling. I would not be surprised if, over time, the system tries to pair people who have previously shared rides together for subsequent trips (unless either party rates the other as, "would rather not share a ride with this person"). Knowing that you are sharing the ride with the same person that you normally share your car with would make for a much better user experience, since people are, after all, social creatures.

Re: Waze Carpool

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Post by jsadow »

This is a really great discussion on carpooling and our team is stoked to see it. At Scoop (https://www.takescoop.com), we've been working to make carpooling convenient and enjoyable since early 2015. We love seeing more (and bigger!) companies prioritize tackling the problems commuters face getting to work every day.

We're really passionate about some of the topics that have come up in this thread. Our ScoopCare team (real people!) is available throughout the day to help make sure Scoop commuters are having the best possible commute experience. Support availability is critical.

When it comes to safety, Scoop has performed Motor Vehicle history reports on every Driver in the community since day 1 - no one ever drives in a Scoop carpool without a great driving record. We're the only carpool company to ever do that, which is something we're pretty proud to say.

And most importantly, Scoop is for everyone. You don't have to work at a big company or a white collar job -- that's why it's been so important to us to partner with local governments, transit organizations like BART here in the Bay Area, and business parks with 100s of employers -- in addition to major employers.

The more than 2 million trips taken to-date with Scoop have included commuters from all walks of life who are looking for a meaningful commute. The only thing you have to believe is that there is a better way to spend your time on the road.

If you're interested in learning more about Scoop, check out this article https://www.forbes.com/sites/miguelhelft/2017/11/08/with-36-..., browse our open jobs at jobs.lever.co/takescoop, or send us a note at feedback@takescoop.com.

I'll also be watching this thread for a bit so feel free to reply here!

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Full disclosure: I started Scoop with my brother, Rob --- and as an avid HN reader, I wanted to comment directly to the HN community. We're really excited to be solving a problem that impacts both SV and the world and would love for you to join us.

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