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Chariot Wins First Round of San Francisco's Private Transit Battle

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Re: Chariot Wins First Round of San Francisco's Private Transit Battle

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Post by icebraining »

bruceb wrote: post #14
hugh4 wrote: post #2

It's interesting that Chariot can sell a bus ride for barely more than the (heavily subsidised) MUNI costs. In my limited experience though, it seems that when I ride the MUNI I'm the only person actually paying a fare. Everybody else either has some kind of pass or is fare evading.

When it was started it also was not wheelchair accessible. Not sure if this is still the case. Cherry picking profitable routes is not the same as providing access to all residents of the city.

Chariot proudly offers accessible service upon one day’s advance notice. Please email us at hello@ridechariot.com or call 844-692-4274 to reserve.

https://www.ridechariot.com/faq

Re: Chariot Wins First Round of San Francisco's Private Transit Battle

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Post by ginko »

mc32 wrote: post #20

As well they should win. If the city bothered to provide proper services, then these alternatives would not be profitable. But godforbid someone might challenge their monopoly. San Francisco, learn how to compete, don't be chicken and outlaw the competition, despite relying on my and every other citizens taxes... Shame muni.

I've heard this opinion repeated often on HN, but personally I never had any problems getting around SF using the Muni bus system when I was there. It isn't even very expensive compared to fare prices here in Europe. What's the problem with it?

Re: Chariot Wins First Round of San Francisco's Private Transit Battle

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Post by argonaut »

organsnyder wrote: post #35
argonaut wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody is entitled to live in the city they work in.

Why not? Is a living wage really a luxury?

That's a false equivalence. I never said nobody is entitled to a living wage. If SF is too expensive, live in Oakland or Milbrae or Daly City.

Re: Chariot Wins First Round of San Francisco's Private Transit Battle

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Post by argonaut »

venomsnake wrote: post #23
argonaut wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody is entitled to live in the city they work in.

And as we saw with the recent refugee crisis no one is entitles to live at all. But if we strive to build a good society for whatever reason, one of the optimum solutions is to mix people of different backgrounds and paths of life together to enhance the social mobility.

I didn't say people are not entitled to live.

Re: Chariot Wins First Round of San Francisco's Private Transit Battle

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Post by argonaut »

jdavis703 wrote: post #17
argonaut wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody is entitled to live in the city they work in.

Rights are an arbitrary idea. Simply emphasizing that something is or isn't a right is tantamount to writing a fictional book. Even something as literally life altering as whether your own government (assuming you live in a democracy) can rightfully kill you or not is arbitrarily decided [0]. 0: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/10/former-navy-c...

Look. I work in the SOMA neighborhood of SF. That doesn't give me the right to live there (and I don't - it's too expensive, so I live in the south bay).

Re: Chariot Wins First Round of San Francisco's Private Transit Battle

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Post by istvan__ »

dogecoinbase wrote: post #11
istvan__ wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It does not help that some of their maintenance staff is on 200K/y salary. Last time I have checked their wages it was pretty obvious that some of the staff is overpaid greatly. I also know some anecdotal stories about how employees exploiting the company.

Wow, with wages like those they might actually be able to afford to live in the city they work in!

I know people live in this city and having a lower wage...
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