Ride Sharing v. Car Ownership?
Do you think ridesharing and shared car ownership will genuinely have a significant impact on car ownership? Do you think it'll ever replace full ownership entirely? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-ownership/uber-and-lyft-to-turn-the-wheels-on-car-ownership-industry-experts-idUSKCN1SS33A
i think as the cities get more population, people have to leverage ride sharing, public transportation etc more and more to mitigate the traffic problem.
Hilarious π This, coming from a failed company, is a troll post, right?
Significant impact? Yes, but almost solely in high population density & adjacent areas. Replace completely? No... Just go to any rural are in the country and that'll be pretty apparent.
Won't have an appreciable impact until the cost of travel per mile is at parity with personal vehicle ownership. That's about 50 cents a mile if you drive 10k miles a year, on average.
Agreed thatβs probably the primary unit of measure to track. Someone else mentioned outdoors people, Iβd argue the opposite. Think of how many people drive trucks but only use it3 times a year while camping. You could just as easily lease an autonomous car then swap in an electric self driving truck for a weekend trip. The rural areas may never cut over until autonomous vehicles hit critical mass.
Not full replacement. Cities makes sense because of outrageous prices for parking space, even in apartment buildings ($300/mn). When we talk about this type of replacement, the price needs to make sense. So ride-sharing needs same price or less as car ownership but with better convenience l.
Have any of you ventured outside the cities to realize that the country is vast
All these people from metro areas think the world just ends there lol.
no it seems this mental condition of ignorance about other form of transportation is the result of years of drinking koolaid at lyft/uber
I think it boils down to where you live. I live in NYC and have no need for a car whatsoever between public transit or ride sharing. But then I've been to other states where transit is not so accessible and having your own car is really useful. So it's really all about where you live β higher population density/urban areas is where it impacts the most.
if it was going to have an impact then it already would have an impact
That's circular logic. Car ownership is a cultural problem, not a technical one. We can already see the impact ridesharing is having on it but it takes a while to reach the tipping point.
If I were living in NY I wouldn't own a car.