Boiler wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:35 pm
Luxury fucking communism. Again.
Whatever the motives for that headline, and I'm going with "self deprecating click bait", it is hard to see beyond the sheer common sense of bringing transportation in to common ownership. We are already part the way there with scooters, pushbikes and cars. The difference being that ultimate ownership currently lies in the hands of private enterprise.
These enterprises are largely loss-making and that, I would contend, is because of their cost per customer acquisition which sees them ship vast amounts of cash on marketing and breaking in to new geographic territories.
Local authorities don't need to create markets. They have the databases already. They own the market and their databases are GDPR-compliant.
The big societal difference will need to be in how these assets are used. Many are currently marketed as a use-it-and-abandon-it resource which, frankly, is creating a lot of resentment in communities to which tourists flock, fiddle with their apps and then leave their bikes or whatever without a second thought.
It is worse with cars. Often, the only obvious parking space is an entrance to an apartment complex - we have those in spades - and some twat has left their highly-branded Mini right where the emergency services could and would need access.
Yes. I believe that this can and should happen but the road to good intentions is paved with hellish hurdles.
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