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Car shares are definitely not for driving to work but I fail to see why you can't use them to pick up your kids. Car sharing solves the problem where people can
by mktmkr 7y ago
Car shares are definitely not for driving to work but I fail to see why you can't use them to pick up your kids. Car sharing solves the problem where people can easily journey to work without a car, but they want one for other purposes like shopping.
- briandear 7y agoDoes Uber carry approved child safety seats?
- mktmkr 7y agoNo, but to make sure we are talking about the same thing, a car share is a bit like renting a car by the hour. Uber is a computer-dispatched taxi service. Uber is not "car sharing". It is also not their other bullshit moniker "ride sharing"
- sokoloff 7y agoI think there’s a fair argument that Uber Pool is pretty close to, or at least has substantial elements of, what one would naturally call ride sharing.
- sokoloff 7y agoWouldn’t most residents of the building need the shared car at roughly the same time to pick up their kids from school?
- mktmkr 7y agoNo because fewer than 20% of households in Los Angeles have school-age children. That puts a ceiling on your worst case right there.
- sokoloff 7y agoProvided that the housing wasn’t in some way differentially appealing to families with children (cheap 3BR, good schools, parks nearby, other amenities)
- mayneack 7y agoIf most people need it at roughly the same time to get to a small number of places, then it's an obvious use for public transport.