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Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Uber paid 58 Australians $1350 to have One Less Car

www.forbes.com.au

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Uber paid 58 Australians $1350 to have One Less Car

www.forbes.com.au

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Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

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Would you leave your car at home for a month for $1350?

www.forbes.com.au

Uber is imagining a world where people don’t own cars. So they paid 58 Australians to drive one less car for four weeks. Here’s how it went.

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That is true but the article clearly says they are looking at overall travel habits including walking, cycling and public transport.

I’m not a fan of uber or sick plaster solutions instead of radical long term redesign/change, but found the experiment and article very useful.

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