So something is better and cheaper, but your reaction is to avoid it on principle and advocate against it instead of considering that maybe the thing you believe in is wrong?

“Buchanan points out this fear in his piece: That Uber’s success will lead to what’s essentially privatized mass transit.”

The public transport system here would exponentially change how long it take me to get to work versus an Uber, I greatly enjoy the time I save. I know I’d be part of a long-term solution to improving public transport in this area, but it likely won’t be improved between where I work and where I live.

Tampa wants people to ride its buses so badly that it is enlisting Uber to help get people to its bus stops.

If public transportation in most U.S. cities wasn’t such crap already, then Uber wouldn’t be as successful as it is. It’s rare that a city actually subsidizes it’s public transportation, which are run by private business almost everywhere, so the private businesses pass on the price to the consumer. If Uber is going…

Why does it HAVE to be public? If it’s affordable and more convenient/preferable, then is the problem only that it’s a private company?

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