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> who wants to sit in an Uber with a stranger, breathing each other's air?

XD There are countries (like any other country then US) that have something called PUBLIC TRANSPORT. And people use is every day regardless of pandemic.

> The ride-sharing economy has just evaporated

Uber is still much more "healthier" than public transport.

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I am posting from the Bay Area, we have public transit here too. Not as good as other countries, but it's normally quite popular. My girlfriend actually works for the transit agency. And right now, let me tell you, they are completely fucked. Ticket revenue is down something like 95%. Nobody wants to be on BART or Caltrain right now. (Although it's worth noting, here specifically the trains are typically used by people who also have a private car that they could take instead if they choose.)

I'm from the Bay Area and public transit here is laughable at best. To go some place would be 15 minutes by car and 45 minutes by bus - if the bus comes on time at all. The light rail in South Bay moves slower than traffic sometimes. Caltrain runs once an hour (apart from 4 hours every weekday when it's once every 20 minutes). BART extension took over 15 years!

How is this remotely a good solution? DC Metro's transit and NY transit runs circles around the one here, not to mention ones from Korea/Japan/Poland runs circles. I've been forced to take public transit for over 5 years and boy do I hate it if I've to actually get somewhere on time.

Sorry, I'm triggered :)

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