[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