This is exactly how Uber turned into a taxi service. They tried ridesharing, it turns out that people in cars do sketchy things and piss each other off, or worse.
I would rather see local grassroots organizations take on this project.
I would rather see local grassroots organizations take on this project.
Looking at this, i would think that if (and I'm certainly not saying it would/will happen) car-pooling became enabled and socially popular, it presumably both has naturally thinner margins than a taxi service, plus take out significant demand for individual trips from the likes of a taxi service.
Citation needed. My understanding is that the margins on actual ride-sharing, compared to being a taxi company, were too low for them.
And that they actually started as a black cab car company.