Here in TX, I have to either drive 45 minutes across town or take a bus on a circuitous hours long drive to the bus terminal to then get on a bus that goes the rest of the way, also in a circuitous hours long trip. Utilizing mass transit here eats most of the day. Oh, and it is over a half hour walk to the nearest bus stop on roads with no sidewalks.
The answer, IMO, is an open source ride sharing service. Share the software, but run the companies locally.
Once the software exists, no individual company will have that type of power, because launching competition will be relatively inexpensive.
There’s an app called My Stop it’s for all the local busses in the world. It’s great, it has real time tracking to see where they are and such.
Here in TX, I have to either drive 45 minutes across town or take a bus on a circuitous hours long drive to the bus terminal to then get on a bus that goes the rest of the way, also in a circuitous hours long trip. Utilizing mass transit here eats most of the day. Oh, and it is over a half hour walk to the nearest bus stop on roads with no sidewalks.
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