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Uber To Integrate With TransLoc Public Transit Planning App (thestack.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the working-together dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Transit tech firm TransLoc has agreed to partner with global ride-sharing giant Uber, to help public transport users plan their routes and schedule rides to reach their final destination. The set up will help users plan trips via different modes of transport and offer an end-to-end route planning service, according to the companies. The partnership will see the integration of Uber's ride-sharing API and the TransLoc 'Rider' app, which provides real-time public transit tracking, arrival predictions and proximity alerts. Users will be able to simply input their destination in the Rider app and receive a tailored journey, incorporating the 'optimal combination' of walking, public transit options and Uber.

18 comments

  1. Eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    global ride-sharing giant Uber

    What is being shared? They're a taxi company.

    1. Re:Eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      All statements about Uber come through a silicon valley propaganda filter that makes everything sound bigger and more important than it actually is ...

    2. Re:Eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well...they have to justify that 70+ billion dollar valuation somehow. (And they seem to just keep taking on more investors every time I hear about them...)

    3. Re:Eh? by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 1

      Yes, we're supposed to hate Uber here because capitalism.

      I have the Uber app running on my iPhone. This combination must create such a concentrated locus of evil that it could be used as an energy source. If I were to eat a GMO power bar while I have the app open, would Democrats who happen to cross my path catch fire?

    4. Re:Eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      oh yes the great disruptors, heroes of capitalism.

      except wait a minute, why can't any route-planning company just use uber's api and lyft's api and whoever else if there is another one and just compare the prices?
      oh there's something in the agreements that prevents that? that's exclusionism, assholism, but not capitalism.

    5. Re:Eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Uh, no, pretty sure contracts are a big part of capitalism.

    6. Re: Eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Even the Social Contract that anti-capitalists claim exists?

  2. That's nice by colinrichardday · · Score: 1

    That would be helpful.

    1. Re: That's nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It would also be helpful if they had chicken soup, but that isn't happening either.

  3. Drive in parts of town where you were going anyway by tepples · · Score: 1

    The "ride-sharing" aspect is easiest to see with the UberPool service, in which drivers take passengers only near their ordinary commute to and from work.

  4. Re:Drive in parts of town where you were going any by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    They still charge money for it. If you're paying money, you're transacting business and not sharing.

  5. Re:Drive in parts of town where you were going any by kelemvor4 · · Score: 1

    They still charge money for it. If you're paying money, you're transacting business and not sharing.

    I don't think the word share means what you think it means.

  6. How is this news? by SvnLyrBrto · · Score: 2

    Uber has had an API other app developers could use to integrate with them for years now. I use a couple regularly. One is a public transit trip planner and has had Uber integration for at least a year, and the other to avoid surge pricing and has been available for about three.

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  7. Slashvertising by Iamthecheese · · Score: 1

    I wonder how much someone is getting paid every time the word "uber" is displayed on the front page.

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  8. Re:Drive in parts of town where you were going any by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They still charge money for it. If you're paying money, you're transacting business and not sharing.

    I don't think the word share means what you think it means.

    It would appear that you're the one who doesn't understand what "sharing" means. I sure as hell don't charge my friends money when I give them a ride or let them borrow something.

  9. Optimal Combination by q4Fry · · Score: 1

    The "optimal combination" will be slowly taken over by "all Uber, all the time."

  10. Re: Drive in parts of town where you were going an by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Pretty sure that is called "giving" not "sharing".