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Lyft Says Nearly 250K of Its Passengers Ditched a Personal Car In 2017 (techcrunch.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Lyft has a new report out detailing its "economic impact" for 2017, and the document includes a lot of stats on its performance throughout the year. The ride-hailing provider claims 375.5 million rides for the year, which is 130 percent growth measured year-over-year. It served 23 million different passengers, itself a 92 percent YoY increase, and had 1.4 million drivers on the platform -- 100 percent growth vs. its total for 2016. Lyft is making some especially strong claims regarding its impact on car ownership trends: In 2017 alone, it said that almost a quarter of a million passengers on its platform dropped owning a personal vehicle, due to the availability of ridesharing specifically. Fifty percent of its users also report driving their own car less because of Lyft's service, and a quarter of those on the platform say they don't feel personal vehicle ownership is that important anymore. The ride-hailing company also found attitudes generally favorable towards self-driving vehicles and their use: 83 percent of Lyft passengers surveyed by the company said they'd be open to hailing and riding in a self-driving vehicle once they're available.
You mean "illegal taxi service" right? I don't care if people use these services, I am on the side of the taxi companies! They provide such great service.
My lose math was $15k car, $5k maintenance, $300/month gas, $180/month insurance.
When a cheapskate like me thinks of a "car," I think few-thousand-buck Craigslist special, under $100/mo liability-only insurance, wrench on it myself. God bless simple older cars and the used-by-owner section of Craigslist.
Taxi service was worthless where I live (Wilmington, DE).
45+ minute waits (after telling you 30), sometimes no show. I saw someone wait in the shopping center where I work for 2 hours being told 30 minutes and then constantly 15 minutes away.
Uber/Lyft have the greatest benefit in medium cities, the type where things aren't too far apart, but there isn't enough people to support cabs.in these areas they are not particularly cheaper than a cab, but do show up, and are happy (at least in the face) to do short runs and runs to the suburbs.
Wow, sent an e-mail as suggested when clicking on "use classic" banner, and got a fast response that addressed my msg
"Park on street."
That requires street parking. There isn't much in a lot of places, and much of what there is pay parking. Won't be suitable for work since it mostly has 2 hour maximums. Won't suitable at home or on weekends for much the same reason. What little free parking is out there is nearly always full.
"Get state-minimum liability insurance."
Cheapest insurance I could get in Toronto in the late '90s as a university student with a fender-bender on his record and a car 10+ year old car from the mid 80s was upwards of $3000.
sounds like parts of NYC where people take the train instead of driving or uber to work