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by steveklabnik 2244 days ago
Ride Austin is wonderful, but does not do the same thing that Uber and Lyft do. Namely: they're only in Austin.

Additionally, from their own site: http://www.rideaustin.com/faq

> How much has it cost to build RideAustin?

> The tech community contributed technology to power the app that costs millions to develop - but it also took over $7 million in cash donations and significant in-kind services donations to make RideAustin what it is today.

That is non-trivial.