Posted on 07/25/2015 10:44:48 AM PDT by Kaslin
Correct. Beyond the city limits of D.C., Capitol Transit streetcars operated from overhead wires like any other streetcar system.
So my first experience with Uber in NYC went like this. We were visiting a client downtown in lower Broadway. After our meeting, it started downpouring and we were a few blocks from the nearest subway. The co-worker I was with whipped out his Uber app and the nearest ride was four and a half minutes away.
As we headed down the elevator and out into the lobby, he was tracking the progress of our ride from his cellphone. As soon as we saw the car turn the corner, we walked outside and got right into the car. 10 minutes later, we are back at the office for less than half the price of a taxi. Plus the driver asked us what we wanted to listen to on the radio and had bottled water and snacks to offer us.
We would have gotten drenched even if we had decided to hail a cab. This Uber business model is the future of transportation and ultimately, I believe that is where the "driverless" cars are heading. Soon, our cities will be full of driverless cars waiting at the beck and call of passengers with cell phone apps.
Nobody wants to be waiting at train and subway platforms when they can get a personalized ride from point A to point B with a couple of taps on a cellphone app.
The name should be “A Streetcar Named Desire”
Oh man we fought these hard in Charlotte. We lost. I knew it was time to get out.
What a colossal waste of tax money.
IIRC For the cost of light rail that would carry approximately 10,000 people up South Blvd, we could have added 3 lanes on each side of I-77 which then carried over 500,000 cars per day. Which one makes more sense?
Idiots.
“That’s like no government at all...why that is like liberty.”
Follow the Constitution with regard to government spending and the vultures, con men and moochers will have to go back to robbing banks and doing ponzi schemes. Best of all, they won’t have anything to hide behind and will do jail time for their lies, scheming and psychotic antics.
IMHO
I have to say that, when I want to go the Atlanta Airport I ride the Marta rail rather than drive through Atlanta or leave a car in an ATL parking lot. Likewise, if we can do it, we will take the rail to points inside Atlanta rather than drive. And it seems to get a lot of riders.
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