[jpatokal]

The market for all services also expands. Previously, if I had missed the bus, I would never have called a taxi: costs too much and no certainty whatsoever that it would arrive any faster than the next bus (~30 min). Now, I will on rare occasion grab an Uber, because the cost is tolerable and it's virtually guaranteed to be at my doorstep within 5 min.

[trendia]

It goes farther than that in my opinion. I would be willing to ocassionally take an Uber Pool, which costs more than a bus but less than a taxi. That whole market (of ride sharing) did not exist previously in the US. (It has been pretty common in Turkey though)

[dx034]

And if you travel with others, an uber can often be as cheap (or even cheaper) than public transport. In London, if you travel with 4 people it's often cheaper to take an uber for many distances compared to the tube (if you don't reach your daily cap anyway). A tube ride is ~£2.5, uber can get you quite far for £10 outside of rush hours.

[ethbro]

See also: chicken bus (and in the Caribbean, their less organized cousins, the chicken-Toyota/Honda/Nissan)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_bus