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Comment by danesparza | Hacker News Reader

+1 for 'it was an unpleasant ride'. I think that's the biggest friction point many ride sharing apps face.

Subways are also an unpleasant ride at the moment. But if it is cheap enough, why not?

Subways are primarily unpleasant because of the (worst parts of the) clientele, not because of the rider density. Just the simple act of requiring riders to have a credit card will get rid of >90% of the unpleasant co-riders.

What is the point of public transportation if you don't want the public to use it?

Riding in an Uber Pool has always been perfectly pleasant for me. Quiet and awkward in some cases, but not unpleasant. Some basic restrictions about not cramming people into the vehicle like it's a clown car should alleviate most concerns about unpleasantness, I'd think.

I took an uber pool on a normally 30 minute drive. It took 1.15 hours. Made 4 other pickups and drop offs on our way back.

I'm okay when ride sharing means 30% longer trip times. But 150% longer was too much for me.

How does that work? I've never experienced more than 2 riders (each 1-2 people) on a ride, and thought they wouldn't do that?

In that case I'd definitely contact Uber. Sounds like the driver didn't drive as he was supposed to.

Sorry if that was unclear. 2 pickups, 2 drop offs.

I wanted to make clear that we didn't just pick the people up. But they were both dropped off first too. Worse yet, the other destinations meant that for my 20 mile drive, we drove through residential the whole time.

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