Bridj coming to KC

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beautyfromashes wrote:
earthling wrote:BTW, HyVee also delivers. Same price as stores with only $5 delivery fee or free delivery with orders over $100.
Not to DT.
Not just downtown, it's based on distance to a store with the service.

They don't offer it in 64116.
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Disappointing that they never seemed to shift and rework what areas/times were served despite the lack of ridership. I could never find a use for it even though I live in the area it served.
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It was interesting they chose KC to test given it's not exactly a highly dense city. And the two areas they chose already have decent bus service in addition to near instant Uber service.
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http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_ ... shuts_down
http://usa.streetsblog.org/2017/05/01/a ... oses-shop/
Having access to a deep pool of capital seems necessary for companies like Bridj to survive long enough to develop a viable model and scale up. Even then it might not be enough. “This is expensive stuff,” Aloisi said of transit services. “It’s not clear that even companies like Uber are going to be able exist for any long period of time if they keep losing substantial amounts of money.”
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Wow it's almost like government investment (circumventing market forces) in public transit is a necessary component for sustained success. Weird how it works like that.
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