It's not only that, decentralized on demand transportation have a much better chance to provide efficient routes and adapt to the city.
Maybe if the bay area had proper public transit, Lyft wouldn't try to reinvent it. An idea like Lyft Shuttles does make sense here
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Unlikely.. There will always be profitable routes that private sector picks off. Same happens with FedEx & USPS.
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That said, the state of Bay Area's transit definitely leaves a bigger opening for this type of thing.
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That's false, the likelihood they will attend low income regions is higher, and public policy is easier: just give money to those who need.
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There's a great history of private co's operating bus and trolley lines. SF cable cars, NY subway, all started private
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It lacks a proper transfer program. Too many different companies with no real transferable ticket system and links efficiently to BART
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Citymapper are trying to do similar in London, a city with excellent public transport provision.
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lyft line is only 24$ from Berkeley to SFO which is like real deal compared to Uber Pool (48$)
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