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Bus stops here: Shanghai lets riders design their own routes

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491 points anigbrowl | 2 comments | 14 May 25 04:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.444s | source
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zaptheimpaler ◴[14 May 25 05:21 UTC] No.43981102[source]▶
China is the only modern country that has both the capability and the lack of bureaucracy to just do things like this. It's simultaneously amazing to see and a depressing reminder of how badly western societies are crippled by rules of their own making. It would take years to make a single new bus route in any city, I don't think I've ever even seen that happen.
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tw1984 ◴[14 May 25 06:18 UTC] No.43981431[source]▶
> the lack of bureaucracy to just do things like this

sorry to disappoint you but Shanghai is the place where ride-sharing wasn't even allowed in its main international airport just 12 months ago. bureaucracy mixed with corruption is at shockingly bad level.

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1. sudahtigabulan ◴[14 May 25 07:52 UTC] No.43982023[source]▶
Some Europian countries ban ride-sharing in their entire territories, not just airports.

https://www.ncesc.com/which-european-countries-dont-have-ube...

So Shanghai seems indeed low-bureaucracy, in comparison.

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2. kskjfjfkdkska ◴[14 May 25 11:01 UTC] No.43983036[source]▶
Did Uber actually offer ride-sharing in these places? I feel like it’s just branding to avoid being called a taxi app. Only place I’ve seen ride-sharing in use was the US.