Posts Tagged ‘lyft’

Analyzing 1.1 Billion NYC Taxi and Uber Trips, with a Vengeance

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

Thoughts on @R_Thaler & @CassSunstein’s Nudge
http://BLOG.gerstein.info/2018/05/thoughts-on-thaler-sunsteins-nudge.html General points about human decision making, with practical
implications for one’s day-to-day life HT @Rozowsky

Lyft Hopes to Survive Competition from Uber by Making Ride-Sharing Cheap and Convenient Enough to Compete with Car Ownership | MIT Technology Review

Saturday, December 12th, 2015

.@Lyft hopes to survive competition with @Uber — w/ a novel strategy between private rides & public #transportation
http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/541791/lyfts-search-for-a-new-mode-of-transport

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Regular Lyft rides can be two-thirds of a taxi fare or less, but a Lyft Line ride is even cheaper, and the company aims to shrink the price further. Green says this makes Lyft something new: a third category of transportation somewhere between public and private. “}}