Those Silicon Valley geniuses have done it again!
Next week- “it’s like the subway, but with AI!”
This is what happens when you believe the private sector is the answer to everything. We reinvent the wheel one hundred times, and each time its more square than before.
Yet somehow more expensive.
Which makes it better than a bus because then I don’t have to sit next to poor people /s
I have a friend who unironically believes in expensive services for this reason.
They didn’t reinvent anything, private small scale shuttle buses have existed since forever. If you don’t have them in your city it doesn’t mean that’s a brand new thing.
Just waiting for them to reinvent light rail
How about Uber Feet, where you pay to walk somewhere?
Yeah, my nearest grocery store is a 1h15m walk or an 8 minute drive.
Just use uber sprint
NOW INTRODUCING: Public transports! But private! And dIsRuPTiVe!
Do people consider shuttles and buses the same thing? Because this sounds like a shuttle, which as far as I’m aware is completely different from a bus. I take a shuttle to the airport, which requires a reservation and ~$50 whereas I take a bus to get around town and it’s typically free.
Essentially it sounds like they are trying to dip into the shuttle market, not the inner-city bus market. Though maybe both?
Whatever you have to tell yourself to avoid sounding like you’re using the same transportation method as the commoners.
… the reading comprehension level of the average Lemmy user scares me
I literally said that I take the bus. And the shuttle.
Muricans don’t understand public transport, give them some slack.
Wait they didn’t have them in the US? We’ve had uber shuttles for years in India
If you click the article link, then use a process called “reading”, you would see:
The company has already launched similar services abroad in Egypt, Nigeria, and India. Now it’s bringing the concept to the United States.
Edit: I misunderstood and assumed he hadn’t read the article, which is entirely too common these days.
This person was just expressing their surprise. Why are you so pissy lmao
God forbid I react to the article after reading it
