←back to thread

Bus stops here: Shanghai lets riders design their own routes

(www.sixthtone.com)
491 points anigbrowl | 7 comments | 14 May 25 04:33 UTC | HN request time: 1.36s | source | bottom
Show context
sidkhuntia ◴[14 May 25 10:08 UTC] No.43982763[source]▶
This kinda solution wont work in India. People will use relatives phones to vote for the route and get the route approved, but in reality there will be only one passenger
replies(2): >>43982834 #>>43987180 #
1. pas ◴[14 May 25 10:21 UTC] No.43982834[source]▶
Then votes should cost some money for the winners.
replies(2): >>43984016 #>>44002064 #
2. Loughla ◴[14 May 25 13:00 UTC] No.43984016[source]▶
Which would punish low income folks for no real reason.
replies(2): >>43984062 #>>43987227 #
3. pas ◴[14 May 25 13:05 UTC] No.43984062[source]▶
How? If you want to use the service you pay anyway, right? If you want a particular route you should have some stake in it. (Low-income / low-wealth / poor people ought to get vouchers and/or welfare payments - preferably as a gradual negative income tax.)
4. hollerith ◴[14 May 25 17:39 UTC] No.43987227[source]▶
How about we give the low income folks money every month rather than crippling the resource-allocation system everyone relies on?
replies(1): >>44002069 #
5. sidkhuntia ◴[16 May 25 05:21 UTC] No.44002064[source]▶
That makes sense. If it has something similar to a subscription or pre-paid model, then the chances for these kinda scams would get low.
6. sidkhuntia ◴[16 May 25 05:21 UTC] No.44002069{3}[source]▶
How will that help ?
replies(1): >>44016321 #
7. ◴[17 May 25 19:12 UTC] No.44016321{4}[source]▶