@BenedictEvans 6 years ago
Automatic electric elevator, 1904 (early autonomous public transport) https://t.co/UfbVdEWiBs
@BenedictEvans 8 years ago
RT @mikebutcher: This is pretty damn clever: Citymapper launches seamless routing between Cabs and Public Transport http://tcrn.ch/25y8XSN
@BenedictEvans 8 years ago
RT @geektimecom: Israeli public transport app #Moovit is now the world’s largest local transport app http://bit.ly/1KxxrRv #DontMiss http://t.co/L7NAVsR9Iq
@BenedictEvans 8 years ago
RT @jimwaterson: They've just abolished tickets on the Athens Metro system since no one's got any cash. So public transport network is being run for free.
@BenedictEvans 8 years ago
So, Apple Maps now has pretty good public transport directions, even for pretty bad public transport http://t.co/EHQSi1LSd6
@BenedictEvans 9 years ago
For those who asked: sample monthly real cost of using public transport to commute from SF to Silicon Valley. YMMV http://t.co/tp8iB7nGr4
@BenedictEvans 9 years ago
There's something fundamentally absurd in the fact that it would be cheaper for me to lease a Tesla than commute by public transport
@BenedictEvans 9 years ago
Self-driving and on-demand cars are the unbundling of public transport from circuit switching to packet switching. http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2015/2/28/notes-on-cars
@BenedictEvans 9 years ago
Self-driving and on-demand cars are the unbundling of public transport from circuit switching to packet switching.
@BenedictEvans 9 years ago
Wondering when tech votes in SF will be a meaningful block for housing policies, public safety, transport. Does boom last long enough?
@BenedictEvans 9 years ago
If everyone takes an Uber instead of driving themselves, how does that 'take cars off the road'? Even w/no public transport substitution?
@BenedictEvans 9 years ago
There's a whole class of apps around public transport whose main competitive advantage v Google Maps is that the UX isn't terrible
@BenedictEvans 9 years ago
Wondering what impact better apps would have on public transport adoption, and how much ride-sharing erodes it.
@BenedictEvans 9 years ago
'What Uber and Hailo really want is to resell my job to me for a fee'