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Uber at least always shows you both Pool and X trip times and prices at the same time when ordering. This at least gives every X passenger the opportunity to consider a Pool trip first.
Yes but why would you choose it? It's the most awkward experience I've ever had in my life
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Just curious: What makes you call Uber fast and taxis unreliable in NYC? I would agree with you in almost any other market, but I find getting a taxi in NYC using Curb just as fast and reliable, yet cheaper.
Also being cyclist in NYC these yellow cab drivers are your worst enemies. I have almost got ran over more than once. You can listen to them moan about cyclists if you have been in enough yellow cabs. Having biked around in city for a while I personally go out of my way to avoid them. I only use them if I am in manhattan and have absolutely no patience or sobriety to call uber.
https://twitter.com/dkhos/status/897660235313229824 When he was 9, he fled the Iranian Revolution, and became a refugee in the U.S. I have more respect for Uber today.
There are millions of people like this in the U.S. This kind of thing is nothing special, unless you are living in a hole somewhere.
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With "driving demand" you don't mean "creating demand" but "directing demand to my business instead of the competitors", right? Because it sounds a little like you want to say "creating demand", but your demand to go from A to B is already created before you choose between a Taxi and Uber. You don't decide to go to B because Uber exists.
> You don't decide to go to B because Uber exists. Actually, I absolutely do. I've gone on many trips that I simply wouldn't have gone on pre-Uber. On a regular basis I'll decide to go somewhere (ex. a party in Brooklyn) which I wouldn't have bothered with if it meant a slow and unreliable taxi (or an even slower subway ride).
OP was talking about a destination you would go to in an Uber, but not a taxi.
This is a thoughtful analysis into the whole Uber CEO opinion, but it is opinionated. Aggregation theory is one way to derive Uber's value, but you can make a compelling argument that supply drives demand. The reason why I don't use taxis in Australia is partly because the experience is far better with Uber and the cost is cheaper, but also because Uber is the most reliable. Without drivers and such reliability, I ca…
It's very interesting in India where you have enormous supply of auto-rickshaws ('tuk tuks') available in most public spaces. Often, when I'm in public, I'll choose an auto-rickshaw instead of an Uber because the rickshaw is right there. I don't have to wait for it, don't have to give it directions to find me. The service is worse - I have to haggle about prices, endure bumpy rides and dangerous driving - but the eas…
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> You don't decide to go to B because Uber exists. Actually, I absolutely do. I've gone on many trips that I simply wouldn't have gone on pre-Uber. On a regular basis I'll decide to go somewhere (ex. a party in Brooklyn) which I wouldn't have bothered with if it meant a slow and unreliable taxi (or an even slower subway ride).
I've gone on many trips that I simply wouldn't have gone on pre-Uber. OP was talking about a destination you would go to in an Uber, but not a taxi.
> wouldn't have gone on pre-Uber ... I wouldn't have bothered with if it meant a slow and unreliable taxi
They would go to that destination in an Uber, but wouldn't bother in a taxi.
This is a thoughtful analysis into the whole Uber CEO opinion, but it is opinionated. Aggregation theory is one way to derive Uber's value, but you can make a compelling argument that supply drives demand. The reason why I don't use taxis in Australia is partly because the experience is far better with Uber and the cost is cheaper, but also because Uber is the most reliable. Without drivers and such reliability, I ca…
> the company offers a compelling service for riders, an economically attractive one for drivers (who drive by choice), and makes the cities within which it operates better. Incredibly opinionated. It's a pretty disputed claim that more single passenger traffic improves a city.
In general major cities are trying to reduce automobile traffic and are giving more space to pedestrians and cyclists.
In the future as cities consider mobility pricing to control congestion and further limit car use, it's quite likely that ride hailing services like Uber will have caps placed on them much like how taxis do now.
https://twitter.com/dkhos/status/897660235313229824 When he was 9, he fled the Iranian Revolution, and became a refugee in the U.S. I have more respect for Uber today.
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Uber at least always shows you both Pool and X trip times and prices at the same time when ordering. This at least gives every X passenger the opportunity to consider a Pool trip first.
Yes but why would you choose it? It's the most awkward experience I've ever had in my life
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It's very interesting in India where you have enormous supply of auto-rickshaws ('tuk tuks') available in most public spaces. Often, when I'm in public, I'll choose an auto-rickshaw instead of an Uber because the rickshaw is right there. I don't have to wait for it, don't have to give it directions to find me. The service is worse - I have to haggle about prices, endure bumpy rides and dangerous driving - but the eas…
Amusingly, India is the only place where I've used Uber so far, precisely because using an app is the best way to not get screwed over as a foreigner.