Microtransit is called Marshrutka, it's been forever in Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshrutka
New Research on How Ride-Hailing Impacts Travel Behavior
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Re: New Research on How Ride-Hailing Impacts Travel Behavior
#402I cannot drive. I take Uber to and from work every day using a Uber pass. If my alternative were public transit, a bus to a train to another bus or train depending, it would take me 1.5 hours per trip, for a total of 3 hours a day. I would not work in the corporate world if this were the case. Does this study capture these positive externalities? For blind people, these often-derided services are the difference betwe…
The honest truth (and this is going to get down voted) is that there are very powerful, vested interests in those services not taking off. In the future, taxis will be looked at as a relic from the past.
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#403Earlier quoted context omitted.
>The problem is that your car-driving case presumes the driver already wants to go to MV and is bringing his friends and they don’t mind coordinating to make that happen. This doesn't really make sense. My original point is that for me personally going alone, it is cheaper to drive than to use public transit. If I bring friends it is _much_ cheaper. At this moment I could take a CalTrain to SF for $33/person or a 4 p…
I'm unconvinced by your arguments, while I can understand (and agree) with some of the points you're making, I don't think it's as cut and dry as you make it. CalTrain is $7.70 from MV to SF[0], not $33/person (or $16.5/person in your original comment). Or, you can get a montly pass for $215. You don't need to wait on trains if you get your schedule down. They're VERY timely in my experience (caltrain). It is true th…
> Especially during heavy commute periods, there are trains every 5-10 minutes.
Looking at the schedule. there is no time when there is a train from MV to SF within 5 minutes. The best case is trains at 7:04, 7:11, 7:25 in the morning or 4:36, 4:46, 4:57, 5:05 in the evening. Caltrain is a lot fo good things, one thing its not, is frequent enough for people who work anytime other than 8-4/5.
Re: New Research on How Ride-Hailing Impacts Travel Behavior
#404I cannot drive. I take Uber to and from work every day using a Uber pass. If my alternative were public transit, a bus to a train to another bus or train depending, it would take me 1.5 hours per trip, for a total of 3 hours a day. I would not work in the corporate world if this were the case. Does this study capture these positive externalities? For blind people, these often-derided services are the difference betwe…
May I ask how far is your work from home and what's the monthly total cost?
Re: New Research on How Ride-Hailing Impacts Travel Behavior
#405Earlier quoted context omitted.
A significant component of this is that your (usually free) parking on both ends of the trip is subsidized by its requirement in local zoning, which increases general costs and subsidizes driving (parking spaces often cost $10,000+ apiece to build, excluding any land cost). The Highway Trust Fund, which pays for interstates, has also been bailed out by general federal funds in recent years, and local roads are usuall…
> parking spaces often cost $10,000+ apiece to build, excluding any land cost I don’t buy that for a second - even in extremely expensive areas like the Bay Area, concrete is less than $20/sq ft poured (ie including all costs), and most parking lots I see around here are blacktop which is even cheaper....
I'm not familiar with the USA as much, but the number holds true for Australia.
A quick google found me this: http://www.vtpi.org/tca/tca0504.pdf
Table 5.4.3 - 4 Parking Structure Construction Costs might be what you're after.
Re: New Research on How Ride-Hailing Impacts Travel Behavior
#406I cannot drive. I take Uber to and from work every day using a Uber pass. If my alternative were public transit, a bus to a train to another bus or train depending, it would take me 1.5 hours per trip, for a total of 3 hours a day. I would not work in the corporate world if this were the case. Does this study capture these positive externalities? For blind people, these often-derided services are the difference betwe…
> For blind people, these often-derided services are the difference between a full life where we can participate Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I understand, a big difference between old "Taxi mafia" and Uber is that the former will service people with disabilities, because they're forced to do so even if it's unprofitable by the same regulations that grant them semi-monopoly, while Uber will happily ignore t…
From what I understand Uber is much more affordable than cabs on average which can make a big difference to people. In the city I live near, there used to be such a shortage of cabs, waiting for an hour as they drove by you or after you called was not uncommon.
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#407Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Great public transport" means what exactly? Even in Japan which is widely recognized as one of the countries with excellent public transport, trains and buses stop at night (and not too late either), so if you are going out, and coming back after midnight it's either your car or a very expensive taxi. Is Munich/Berlin any different?
Man I was annoyed with that when I was in Japan. It's horrible, you either stay out until 5 in the morning when they start again or take an insanely expensive taxi. In contrast, in Copenhagen there are always night busses that leave at least once an hour, and the trains also go to fairly late and start early again. There's always some way to get home, which is immensely helpful when you're out drinking. Now that's wh…
Glad to know it exists somewhere!
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#408Earlier quoted context omitted.
The median Caltrain rider makes $129,000 [0]. Unless a six figure income is considered poor, there's no way this is a safety net for the poor. 0: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://...
You are right that Caltrain isn't a good example, but the bus transit systems of the Bay Area's suburban locales, like SamTrans, do reflect the GP's comment. SamTrans' 2011 median rider income was $36000, 64% had no car, and 33% were youths. http://www.samtrans.com/Assets/_SSP/archives/2011/July_Open_...
These stats are somewhat skewed by the fact that cold-weather night bus routes are mostly populated by homeless who are there for shelter/warmth rather than transportation (I can't speak to SamTrans specifically, but it is the case for VTA). VTA likes it, as it boosts their census artificially.
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#409Earlier quoted context omitted.
For me, over the last 80,000 miles, about 85% of the operating costs were gas. I did think about that, and I have. I briefly considered getting rid of my car to eliminate the cost of insurance and renting a parking space while working from home. It was at best break even to match my then current behavior with public transit and taxi-equivalents. It seems about 40% of Caltrain is not covered by fares. It's hard to fin…
The most expensive Caltrain pass is $5K/yr total cost of ownership, especially is parking is unsubsidized. http://www.caltrain.com/Fares/farechart.html https://www.edmunds.com/toyota/corolla/2017/st-401668011/cos...
A small car that drives anywhere near that distance will cost >$5K/yr
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#410Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not about whether you mind or not. It's about whether Y person will get justice.
Let me put it differently: Police actions need to be transparent. There are strong reasons to release recordings with police actions in them. But if the recordings are unrelated to any police officers or police actions, then all of that goes away. It's completely fine for police to not release footage of two random people interacting. And that scenario is what is analogous to BART surveillance videos.
two random people interacting