Uber trials bus-like service in Seattle, and wants everyone in Chicago to be an Uber driver
Dec09
on December 9, 2015
at 1:08 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Chicago, India, Seattle, uber, uberAUTO, uberCOMMUTE, uberHOP, UberPool
It’s hard to knock Uber when it looks like it’s trying to ensure there are fewer, not more, cars on the roads in our cities. And its latest pilot ventures, uberHOP in Seattle and uberCOMMUTE in Chicago, both seek to do just that. uberHOP, like a bus with fewer seats, is enabling people to share rides down fixed routes to fixed destinations. Doesn’t sound greatly handy at first look, but then I guess neither does a bus! It builds on the uberPOOL idea, first introduced in San Francisco, that brings together riders going from a similar point in the same direction,…
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