What if public transit was like Uber? A small city ended its bus service to find out::Small-scale, tech-based solutions to transportation problems have emerged as a great equalizer in the battle for infrastructure dollars between big cities and rural communities.

  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Short gain compared to long term investment right here.

    This is akin to discovering that you can hire freelance developers from developing nations for 1/10 of the cost, but then after 3 years… your whole system is a spaghetti mess and the rebuild cost many times that.

    Because they’re now having to switch back over to buses anyways.