[thisishugo]

Hypocrite isn't the word the author is after, but even if it were, effectively just insulting people you disagree with will not bring them around to your view point.

Uber and Lyft may well be 10 times the price public transport, but the services are otherwise barely comparable. It absolutely is worth $20 to me versus $2 to get where I'm going in a fast, comfortable, and private manner, in exactly the same way as I don't baulk at a $3 Starbucks, despite being able to brew a coffee myself for 1/20th that price.

Public transport is never going to win simply by being a cheaper option, you have to appeal to other motivators, such as sense of social responsibility.

As an aside, my "future city" vision of public transport would be publicly available, self-driving, electric "cars" recharged with renewable energy. Not mass-transit. I don't want to be forced into a shared space with strangers, if I can avoid it, thanks.

[icebraining]

Public transport is never going to win simply by being a cheaper option, you have to appeal to other motivators, such as sense of social responsibility.

Yes, that's what the author is doing: "If we want to live in a walkable and clean city, we have to start acting the same way we think. And in this case is by taking public transportation."

[thisishugo]

My argument is that the author should have made that his leading premise, not a secondary point.

[hershel]

Public transport win by costing the same price, for a much better experience and that's where uber is going:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7888339