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If we can do multi-use Uber-routing and live route updates and live bus fleet management, we can have buses that stop where each passenger wants to be picked up and dropped :D

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[–] Gsus4@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can tell you that there are also places in Europe where the public transportation network is as hopeless as in the US outside major cities. These are the abandoned countryside regions in Spain, Eastern Europe, some parts of England (coincidentally, the ones who voted for Brexit).

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eastern Europe, especially post-soviet countries have Marshrutkas, which are a cross between a bus and a taxi. Very similar to what you describe here.

[–] Gsus4@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

True, I've ridden in those vans in Moldova and Romania, but it wasn't clear if they had a fixed route.