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[–] melfie@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Cities typically offer public transport, so I do wonder what it would it would take for a city to run their own ride-sharing service. There are various open source Uber alternatives, but not sure how good any of them are. Marketing and getting people to use something like this would be the hard part for any independent organization, but a city government should have a much easier time getting people to use it.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The state of Massachusetts runs a paratransit system for people who can't use public transit. It's expensive and not great. They've started to offload some ridership to Uber and Lyft where it makes sense, e.g. people without wheelchairs.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Ahhh, The Ride. Don't depend to arrive on time for your appointment.

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