Sad to see profitable businesses falling prey to “new, cool, trendy” businesses that will hardly ever be profitable and are waiting for the investment bubble to deflate.
SuperShuttle is going out of business
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Re: SuperShuttle is going out of business
#52Just wanted to point out that every Soviet citizen could have predicted this. They have tried marshrutka: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshrutka
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is the one situation where I still rely on a good old fashioned taxi driver. George, to be specific. George heads up a bunch of WhatsApp-connected drivers of higher-end cabs here in Melbourne, Australia. There’ll be a George in your city, you just need to find him. I message George the day before a 6am flight, and there has never failed to be a nice taxi outside my door at 4:45am as requested. I hope this is wha…
How do I find my local George?
Hail a nice cab and look for a card on the dashboard. Or just ask the driver for their number.
This probably won’t get you George, but it’s a start.
Alternatively, go to your local airport at 8pm on a Thursday evening. There’ll be all sorts of people in suits getting picked up. Find the nicest car with an old guy driving it.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
I remember one time my wife and I took the Super Shuttle home from SFO to Mountain View. It took about two hours since we were the last stop and in fact the shuttle went north a little first before turning south. That was the first and last time I used their service.
I love Lyft but I took a shared lyft for the first time and the driver did three circles around a busy block trying to find a GPS dot (that never moved) that was obviously on the other side of the street, and after an extra 10min jammed an extra person in the car when we hardly fit, despite our protests. That was the last time I took a shared ride.
That’s good for you and for Lyft, if you’re going to protest an extra person because you barely all fit, you’re not a good candidate for shared rides.
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#55I can't believe it took this long. SuperShuttle offers worse-than-Greyhound service at UberX prices.
Re: SuperShuttle is going out of business
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is the one situation where I still rely on a good old fashioned taxi driver. George, to be specific. George heads up a bunch of WhatsApp-connected drivers of higher-end cabs here in Melbourne, Australia. There’ll be a George in your city, you just need to find him. I message George the day before a 6am flight, and there has never failed to be a nice taxi outside my door at 4:45am as requested. I hope this is wha…
How do I find my local George?
Uber/Lyft drivers frequently hand out cards in major markets after airline flights in an attempt to cut out Uber/Lyft.
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#57Back in the day, I used SuperShuttle over taxis for airports, but when ridesharing arrived, it was just much more convenient. For early morning flights, there was no more getting up super early so you can be on a shuttle that picked up a few more people.
That said, I miss SuperShuttle because I met some really interesting people on it in the SF Bay Area. Some of the more notable people I talked to included one of the original engineers on the Apple Lisa and one of Larry Ellison's private plane pilots. It was neat to listen to stories from both.
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#58Let's face it, Ridesharing ate their lunch. I was a religious SuperShuttle user until Lyft showed up - it usually cost me roughly the same amount to take a Lyft shared, I didn't have to wait on the right van to show up, and instead of winding through taking a half dozen other people home first, it often takes me straight home, or at most with a couple of stops. It's a hard world for traditional scheduled taxiing to b…
I remember one time my wife and I took the Super Shuttle home from SFO to Mountain View. It took about two hours since we were the last stop and in fact the shuttle went north a little first before turning south. That was the first and last time I used their service.
This kind of service could probably be impproved with route optimisation and booking using an app. A certain delivery company is already using route optimisation for parcel deliveries so that their employees don't have to think about it, just follow a set course. I don't know if it's enough, though. People would rather take ride hailing services out of convenience anyway. Maybe it could work for smaller vans 6-9 seater with 2-3 stops max instead of cramming up into a shared ride.
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#59Super shuttle was too expensive for what it was. For less than twice the cost I could schedule a town car. For a single rider the shuttle was cheaper, but for me it was always to log. And I was shocked when I saw two and three people groups take the shuttle.
The turning point for me was when the shuttle refused to take the faster hov lane.
Re: SuperShuttle is going out of business
#60Back in the day, I used SuperShuttle over taxis for airports, but when ridesharing arrived, it was just much more convenient. For early morning flights, there was no more getting up super early so you can be on a shuttle that picked up a few more people. That said, I miss SuperShuttle because I met some really interesting people on it in the SF Bay Area. Some of the more notable people I talked to included one of the…
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