Sure, and part of that is them leaving money on the table. Don’t charge the person making a ton of money the same amount that you charge the person making minimum wage. Give her a better bus, charge her more, use any excess $$ to fund the system overall.

He was immoral and repulsive, but his statement wasn’t wrong.

The public v. private dichotomy exists now. If public services offered more expensive options, they could use any profits to fund the ‘real bus.’ In essence, it is a tax.

There’s plenty of parking, it’s just expensive as hell :/

“You want it to be one way, but it’s the other way.”

You’re conflating “public” with “poor people”, and treating the service as a singular. We already have tiered “public transport” in that a public train is likely more expensive than a public bus. Further segmentation within those categories would be beneficial to the overall system.

“[E]xtending mobility to everyone...” is not achieved by having crappy public transport. Crappiness, a byproduct of a low price-point, deters higher-end commuters from using public transportation and deprives the system of their money. Taxis, livery cabs, and automobile companies  currently service those higher-end…

The Awl said in 2015 that “it’s not surprising at all that Uber and Lyft continue to independently arrive at features that so closely resemble public transit that it seems like self-parody.”

I can understand being a little annoyed by this, but like .. doesn’t it make business sense for a magazine to focus on the vast majority of your customers?

If they’d just switch that infotainment system (do they have the dumb touchpad, or the dumb mouse?) to a rotary knob, I’d buy a GS in a heartbeat.

This car has so much potential. In another Subaru tragedy, I mourned the most-recent Legacy’s, and the previous loss of the GT.

I like leather .. but another side of me is excited for new materials to come to cars. I’d be really excited about this new Bentley interior, but I hate California vegans so much ... and I hate that this might make them happy.

If the question is “Do driven front wheels help with turning?” wouldn’t the appropriate comparison be AWD vs RWD?

I remember reading that! But I believe they framed it as braking vs. steering — that you should slow down before approaching a turn. That makes sense sincem once in a turn, braking is in the opposite direction of the angle of the front wheels. But that’s not true for acceleration, right?

It won’t help you stop, but shouldn’t it help you steer, all else equal?

I was about to book with United today because they had the cheapest offering, but I couldn’t get a direct flight and didn’t want to fly their economy to my connection.

Yes, but only one customer a month.

I mean, I don’t read the TOS when I buy a ticket, but it’s probably in there somewhere. This is where contract law gets tricky — and I don’t see why/how it would change in any system. unless overbooking in outlawed (which I don’t think is the right answer).

Remember that gov regulations allow for airlines to revoke tickets if they offer 4x of the ticket price in exchange. This is not a libertarians’ dream.

The only fault I have with this guy is that he didn’t drive down the road once and make sure it was clear. The country road he chose does actually seem like the safest place for these sorts of shenanigans.