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Forum: Living Car Free
06-08-19, 07:16 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

No one could force you to lend you car out using...

No one could force you to lend you car out using the platform. It would just be an option to car-owners who want to make $10/hour while they're not driving their cars.


Because people are...
Forum: Living Car Free
06-07-19, 04:15 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

A simple way to think about ride/drive-share is...

A simple way to think about ride/drive-share is as follows:

Take the price per hour of a car-share, e.g. $10/hour.

Now take the pay rate per hour for driving for a ride-share platform: e.g....
Forum: Living Car Free
06-07-19, 03:34 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

You've already said you're biased against...

You've already said you're biased against ride-sharing and the potential to reduce the number of cars on the roads.

Now you're just saying "no it doesn't," without explaining why you think that.
...
Forum: Living Car Free
06-07-19, 07:18 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

I'd like to see it done in practice for a while,...

I'd like to see it done in practice for a while, and then look at what the vehicle-to-user ratios are as a result. They may burn through vehicles quicker as a result of driving them more and leaving...
Forum: Living Car Free
06-06-19, 09:52 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

People are using their cars to make extra money...

People are using their cars to make extra money using ride-sharing already. The problem with it is they have to drive. What I am suggesting is that the platform give them the option of allowing...
Forum: Living Car Free
06-06-19, 07:34 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

Sure, unless you had some reason to want your car...

Sure, unless you had some reason to want your car later. Or unless you wanted to put your car into circulation for ride/drive sharing for the day in order to collect pay for lending/investing it in...
Forum: Living Car Free
06-05-19, 04:55 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

Thank you for explaining your POV, as I now can...

Thank you for explaining your POV, as I now can see that everything negative you say is just biased by your overall desire to see ride-sharing fail to preserve what you see as a better standard of...
Forum: Living Car Free
06-05-19, 04:08 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

You are talking about some external level. I...

You are talking about some external level. I thought you meant there was some reason within the share platform/system that it wouldn't work.

Uber is currently filtering out bad drivers and...
Forum: Living Car Free
06-05-19, 03:49 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

Really? What would it take, exactly?

Really? What would it take, exactly?
Forum: Living Car Free
06-05-19, 03:09 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

Well, the system would have to be updated to keep...

Well, the system would have to be updated to keep track of destinations of multiple ride/drivers in order to efficiently pair drivers with passengers who are willing to take over driving after they...
Forum: Living Car Free
06-05-19, 01:28 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

What prevents multiple drivers from responding to...

What prevents multiple drivers from responding to the same call, then?
Forum: Living Car Free
06-05-19, 11:35 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

I understand that ride-share platforms exist and...

I understand that ride-share platforms exist and that they coordinate rides using algorithms that match ride-seekers with potential ride-givers.

I also understand that currently, there is no way...
Forum: Living Car Free
06-05-19, 08:41 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

You are just one more of the negative nancys that...

You are just one more of the negative nancys that swoop in to poohpooh ideas that could undermine the one-car-per-person economic model for transportation economics.

If sufficient numbers of users...
Forum: Living Car Free
06-05-19, 08:38 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

You can park your car wherever you want, but the...

You can park your car wherever you want, but the app might not necessarily request it. If you wanted the app to lend it out to another driver, then you would want to park it somewhere that is more...
Forum: Living Car Free
06-05-19, 08:04 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

If the car is yours, you would get paid at the...

If the car is yours, you would get paid at the regular rate the ride-share pays to owner-drivers.


Why would you pay parking fees if someone takes your car and drives it elsewhere?


No, but...
Forum: Living Car Free
06-04-19, 04:27 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

Or the ride-share network could fund/subsidize...

Or the ride-share network could fund/subsidize it, i.e. the way Amazon was subsidizing delivery vans for their contractors.

The app would obviously keep track of where the vehicle is. Drivers...
Forum: Living Car Free
06-04-19, 02:52 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

But you can't take over the driving. Currently,...

But you can't take over the driving. Currently, the driver is always getting paid and not getting a ride. If drive/ride-sharing was introduced, then you as a driver/passenger would just step out at...
Forum: Living Car Free
06-03-19, 10:58 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

This article claims Uber will never be profitable...

This article claims Uber will never be profitable for a number of reasons, including competition with other platforms:...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-29-19, 02:57 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

I wish the mods would delete some of these posts...

I wish the mods would delete some of these posts arguing that ride-sharing has to be defined as taxi-service. It's a political topic that detracts from the issue of how to use ride-sharing to avoid...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-29-19, 12:42 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

The problem is you're arguing to define...

The problem is you're arguing to define everything as 'taxi service' because you want to subject everything to rules, regs, and politics of taxi services.

Stop making every thread about...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-29-19, 12:18 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

So if you give someone a ride home and they give...

So if you give someone a ride home and they give you 'a few bucks for gas,' you're operating a taxi service?

If you drive your kids to school to avoid paying a taxi, you are effectively making the...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-29-19, 11:41 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

Then why isn't someone running a taxi service...

Then why isn't someone running a taxi service when they pick up their mother-in-law and bring her to the dentist?

Why isn't it a taxi service to drive your children to school?

Why isn't it a...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-29-19, 11:23 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

I assume you're trying to bring up the issue of...

I assume you're trying to bring up the issue of whether ride-sharing and taxi businesses are the same thing, yet again. If taxis were ride-sharing, then anyone could call up a taxi service and give...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-29-19, 09:20 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

Many people have their private vehicles...

Many people have their private vehicles professionally repaired and maintained.

The insurance is another story. If insurers block people from participating in ride-sharing networks by making the...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-29-19, 08:34 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

The reason why share companies have value is...

The reason why share companies have value is because they have established a network of participants. Before Uber or Lyft existed, you could post ride ads on Craiglist and I'm sure people got rides...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-29-19, 06:37 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

Right, but a share-system is not for profit, nor...

Right, but a share-system is not for profit, nor is it even a non-profit company designed to pay out revenues without declaring profit. It is a method for sharing property among multiple users so...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-28-19, 02:58 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

There is a bias among business people against...

There is a bias among business people against cheapness, because they want money. That is contrary to what business is supposed to be, i.e. people willing to pursue any business model that will make...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-28-19, 05:45 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

Who buys the cars for a car-share? Who buys them...

Who buys the cars for a car-share? Who buys them for a rental car franchize? Who buys them for a delivery service?


I think the ride-share app has requirements for drivers. If driver's a...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-27-19, 02:42 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

If you are a member of a ride/drive/car-share...

If you are a member of a ride/drive/car-share community, you could ride/drive-share to work the next day if your car got stolen/trashed. Nothing that you're saying is unsolvable within the financial...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-27-19, 09:18 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

With the right insurances, it can be profitable. ...

With the right insurances, it can be profitable.

Think of rental car companies: they rent out cars to people for anything. You could drive a rental car to crack houses, through mud pits,...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-26-19, 07:03 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

If reality wasn't real, then why would it be...

If reality wasn't real, then why would it be called, 'reality?'

Ponder that for a while :geek:
Forum: Living Car Free
05-23-19, 05:24 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

Really it depends on whether the vehicles used...

Really it depends on whether the vehicles used for driver-ride sharing are privately owned and/or whether the owner has to accompany the car or whether the car can be used while the owner sleeps...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-18-19, 05:27 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

There would probably be surge pricing for drivers...

There would probably be surge pricing for drivers if no one wanted to or was capable of accepting the driving responsibility at a given moment.

That's why I asked early in the thread how much...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-18-19, 02:21 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

Why the tangents? The thread topic is how to...

Why the tangents?

The thread topic is how to incorporate driver-share into ride-sharing so passengers can also share in the driving and no one has to be stuck driving others around all the time.
Forum: Living Car Free
05-18-19, 12:11 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

No one wants to eliminate people. We just want...

No one wants to eliminate people. We just want to pay less, which requires cutting costs. Do you want to pay a dispatcher to tell you were to drive in your own car? If so, why would you want to...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-18-19, 11:12 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

The whole purpose of creating an app-based...

The whole purpose of creating an app-based ride-share platform is to allow people to share rides instead of paying for taxis. Taxis were always overpriced and that provided an incentive to 'save...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-18-19, 08:02 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

Everything in this post is political. With...

Everything in this post is political.

With driver-sharing, no one has to be burdened with remaining in the driver seat beyond the ride they're taking in the vehicle.

Why couldn't Uber or Lyft...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-13-19, 03:38 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

I'm surprised no one has responded to this...

I'm surprised no one has responded to this thread, considering how big Lyft and Uber have been in the news since their IPOs.

Ride-drive-vehicle-share could soon be a thing, where you as a...
Forum: Living Car Free
05-08-19, 11:43 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 27,945
Posted By tandempower

Ride-sharing + driver-sharing?

Ride-sharing offers the potential to liberate potential pedestrians from the responsibility, debts/contracts, and other burdens of car-ownership; but who gets stuck driving the vehicles?
...
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