Imoto yeBoston kunye neeNkonzo zoLwazi lweeRide

Iinkampani ezintathu zenza kube lula ukuhamba ngapha nangaphandle kweCar

Ukuba uke wazama ukuwela iedolophu ngelixa lokukhawuleza, hamba nge-Kenmore Square xa i-Sox inomdla wekhaya, okanye uhamba ngeenxa zonke naseCambridge xa ​​isikolo siphuma, ngoko uye wafumana i-traffic ehamba phambili yaseBoston. Nangona kunjalo, iinkampani eziliqela zifuna ukunciphisa i-gridlock ngokuhamba kunye neenkqubo zokwabelana ngemoto.

Nangona ukulahla iinqwelo ezizimele eBoston ngokupheleleyo kungenakwenzeka ngobusuku, kunye neendawo zokuthobela abantu ngokubandakanya abafundi kunye neMillennials-ababini abahlala kwiindawo zaseBoston kunye nokwabelana ngemoto ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kuba yindawo yokuphila yaseBoston kwiindwendwe kunye nabahlali ngokufanayo.

Ukuba uceba ukutyelela eBoston kwaye ungafuni ukujongana nokulahleka kwemoto (kwaye ufumanisa ukupaka kwesi sixeko esipheleleyo), qwa lasele usebenzisa i-Lyft, uber, okanye i-Zipcar ukuze ufike kwindawo oya kuyo ngelixa behlisa ukuxinwa kweendlela zendlela ezixakekileyo zedolophu.

I-Rideshare Apps: Lyft no-Uber

Xa kuziwa ekuqeshweni imoto nomqhubi ukuba akuyise kwindawo oya kuyo, iBoston inokwenza konke kodwa ikhuphe iinkonzo zamatye ezikhethiweyo ezikhethiweyo ngokubhekiselele kwizintlu ze-rideshare ezifana neLyft and Uber.

ULyft unikeza ukukhwela kwabaqhubi bendawo kwiimoto zabo, ezinokuthi zichongwe ngamagqabini e-pink eqaqambileyo phambi kwe-grille ngoxa u-Uber unikezela ngeenqwelo zeziqhubi ezifuna ukufunwa ngeesetyhula ye-Uber kwiwindow yangaphambili kwisithuthi okanye iimoto ezimnyama ezikhishwe yinkampani (zeentlobo ezahlukeneyo kunye nobukhulu).

Kuzo zombini ezi zixhobo, abathengi banokukhetha kwiindlela ezimbalwa ezikhethiweyo zeendleko kuxhomekeke kwiimfuno zabo: iimoto ngamanye amaqela abantu abodwa ukuya kwabasixhenxe, ukukhangela ama-share to one to two people per party ekwahlukana phakathi kwamaqela amabini okanye ngaphezulu , i-SUVs ze-deluxe xa kukho igumbi elongezelelweyo, kunye neenkonzo zedolophu yeeteksi nge-app.

Uqaliswe eSan Francisco, uLyft useBoston ukususela ngoJuni ka-2013. Iifomishi ezipinki ziye zabonakala zijikeleze edolophini, ngokuqhelekileyo zihlala kwiindawo zokuhlala kunye nakwii-campuses-ngakumbi iHarvard Square nePorter Square. Uber, ngakolunye uhlangothi, waqala eParis ngo-2008 waza wafika eBoston ngoSeptemba ka-2012.

Kuzo zombini iinkonzo ze-rideshare, ii-tariffs eziqhelekileyo azisebenzi. Endaweni yoko, abagibeli bafumana ixabiso leendleko zokuhamba, kuxhomekeke kwinkonzo ekhethiweyo, yintoni ebonakalayo ngexesha lokuhamba kunye nomgama ohambahamba kunye nemfuno yendawo yokukhwela ngexesha lokubhuka. Ezi zikhwele izicelo kunye neentlawulo zabo zonke ziphathwe nge-apps ze-Uber ne-Lyft kwi-smartphone yakho, enokuhlukaniswa phakathi kwamalungu eqela kwimoto.

Ukuqasha iZipcarkha zesikhashana Endaweni

Ukuba kunokuba ungathembeli kwabanye abaqhubi ukukufumana ukusuka kwinqanaba A ukuya kutsho B, unokucinga ngenkampani yokwabelana ngezimoto iZipcar, eyona ndawo i-Boston kwaye ifunyenwe kuyo yonke indawo edolophini.

Ukuze usebenzise le nkonzo, kufuneka uqale ubhalisele ubulungu kwaye uvumeleke ukuba ube ngumqhubi kwiinkcukacha zenkampani. Xa uvunyiwe, ufumana ukufikelela kwinqanawa yendawo-naphi na apho ufumana iZipcar engenanto, ngaphandle nje kokuba ingagcinwanga okanye "ibanjwe" ngelinye ilungu leZipcar, unokulivula ngeprogram yakho kwaye uyithathe ukuze uyifake!

Intlawulo yePapcar iphindwe kabini kuba awuyi kuhlawula kuphela imali yokubambisa ukuba yinxalenye yenkonzo, uza kuhlawulwa ireyithi nganye okanye i-rate yokusebenzisa nganye i-Zipcar. Amaxabiso ahluke nga kanani uceba ukuqhuba, kodwa igesi kunye ne-inshorensi zihlala zibandakanywa, kungakhathaliseki ukuba luphi ubulungu.