The current incarnation of ride shating is fatally flawed. I imagine a superior model in which there is no direct reward for picking somebody up, rather a network of normal people, who can submit and receive requests to pick up. The only compensation would be that in a splitting of gas, which could potentially be done automatically.
The main difficulty in getting a network like this to succeed is the fact that there is no incentive for new drivers to join.
Until then, they are just a taxi company with lax employment protocol.
The main difficulty in getting a network like this to succeed is the fact that there is no incentive for new drivers to join.
Until then, they are just a taxi company with lax employment protocol.