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Uber CEO balks after a reporter tells him the cost of his 2.9-mile Uber ride: 'Oh my God. Wow.' (www.yahoo.com)
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Uber CEO balks after a reporter tells him the cost of his 2.9-mile Uber ride: 'Oh my God. Wow.'::undefined

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[–] 179 points 3 years ago (3 children)

The fact that a 2.9 mi car ride costs $50 with a tip is fucking insane. This country is absolutely backwards when it comes to transportation. Everything is nearly car centric. Minimal options for alternatives.

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  • [–] 119 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    People who have never experience good public transport don't know what they're missing tbh. When I lived in Japan for a few months I could get around the whole city without much planning. It was so freeing not having to think about transportation. I think public transportation + last mile assistance (e-scooters, e-bikes etc.) is by far the most efficient an free transportation experience out there.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago

    I recently got a folding e-bike in a city with great public transport (a folding bike can be carried along at any time, regular bikes only outside rush hours). Now I can be anywhere in the city within about 20mins, which is very liberating. I'm actually faster than going by car due to being able to bypass traffic jams, and not even including the 20mins+ needed for finding a parking spot.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It used to cost far less in NYC until they made them be tlc.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    What's TLC?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Taxi and Limousine Commission

    You might hear about medallions in New York City and this is the agency that sells them, enabling a taxi to operate in the city legally.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Michael Cohen, Trump's lawyer sitting in prison, used to own several medallions. Those things used to go for over $1 million few no new ones have been made in the last 70 years. That was until Uber and Lyft came in.

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  • [–] -5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Bear in mind this was in Manhattan, one of the most transit oriented places in the world. You could go that distance by subway for $2.75, 24 hours a day. Either the journalist was being stupid, or overlaps more likely, wanted to prove a point.

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  • [–] 58 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    NYC might be the most "transit-oriented" city in America, but in the world? Not then close. Not by a mile.

    Most big cities in Europe have a mix of buses, subways, and trams that make taking public transport a no-brainer. That includes Eastern Europe, too. That's also true of any big city in China, Korea, and Japan.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    What makes you say that New York doesn’t have that, most of the city is well served by rapid transit. And I was talking about Manhattan specifically, which is one of the most transit dense places in the world, even if you leave out local buses and just stick to subway and BRT, you can basically get anywhere in the borough. Yeah, parts of the outer boroughs lack frequent transit (especially SI),but most NYers don’t drive, sticking to trains and the occasional taxi. If New York isn’t transit oriented, I don’t know what is.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago

    You are totally right, but all the downvotes show how biased Lemmy is.

    Also you clearly wrote "one of..." not THE most transit oriented places in the world, and yet the other person clearly missed that part.

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