[Electronics-Talk] New Way to Use Uber and Lyft Without a Smartphone

Sat Apr 7 03:03:56 UTC 2018

I'm not sure where this is coming from. The city of Austin, Texas never 
banned ride sharing services. Austin placed restrictions on ride sharing 
services, such as back ground checks for the drivers, that Uber and Lift 
decided not to follow and chose to leave the Austin market instead. 
Other ride sharing services, such as Fasten, never left Austin. Those 
restrictions were removed by the Texas State legislature in the summer 
of 2017, so Uber and Lift have been servicing Austin since then. 
http://austin.culturemap.com/news/innovation/07-27-17-ride-sharing-companies-austin-rideaustin-fasten-uber-lyft-return/

On 04/06/2018 01:41 PM, Andy Baracco via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> As Pertains to Texas, the city of Austin has banned rideshare 
> services.  You can take a rideshare service into Austin from a nearby 
> city, but you can't take one when you want to return home.
>
> Andy
>
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> Smartphone
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>> A friend was just recommending this service to me.  He recently moved to
>> Texas, and has had a lot of trouble finding adequate public 
>> transportation.
>> GoGo is serving him well.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2018 6:38 AM
>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>> Cc: Gerald Levy
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] New Way to Use Uber and Lyft Without a
>> Smartphone
>>
>>
>> Keep in mind that Uber and Lift may not be available in all areas.  In
>> general, if you live in a large city and your neighborhood is not well
>> served by yellow taxi cabs, it is not likely to be served by these
>> ride-sharing services, either.  That's because Uber and Lift drivers 
>> tend to
>> concentrate where the cabs are, because that's where the business is. 
>> Taxi
>> cabs tend to serve rich neighborhoods and avoid poor neighborhoods.  The
>> same is true of Uber and Lift.  Another dirty little secret about these
>> services that many consumers are not aware of is that drivers 
>> actually rate
>> passengers, so that passengers that consistently receive negative 
>> ratings
>> from drivers bmay not be able to book rides in the future.  So a blind
>> passenger who travels with a guide dog may constantly receive negative
>> ratings from drivers who dislike dogs riding in their vehicles. To 
>> me, this
>> is a blatant violation of privacy rights.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andy Baracco via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2018 10:25 PM
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>> Cc: Andy Baracco
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] New Way to Use Uber and Lyft Without a
>> Smartphone
>>
>> I believe that you set up payment info when you sign up for Go Go. It is
>> done with a credit card, as Uber and Lyft drivers do not accept cash, 
>> even
>> though I believe that you can tip an Uber driver with cash.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael Russillo via Electronics-Talk" 
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: "Drew Hunthausen via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: "Michael Russillo" <plrussillo at comcast.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2018 6:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] New Way to Use Uber and Lyft Without a
>> Smartphone
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>>
>>> Ah, interesting. Good idea; I'm curious as to how one pays their 
>>> driver; I
>>
>>> understand with the smartphone app the rider sets up payment through
>>> PayPal or something so the Uber or Lyft driver can be paid; I'm 
>>> curious if
>>
>>> this'll work with this service, and how safe is it to give monetary 
>>> info
>>> to Gogo if one goes through them to register? Meanwhile i'll take a 
>>> gander
>>
>>> at the site; thanks for that info; could be really helpful as I 
>>> don't own
>>> any smartphone and I'm not of the tapping school, but old-school 
>>> physical
>>> buttons.
>>>
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/5/2018 9:45 PM, Drew Hunthausen via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>>> So this service uses Uber and Lift drivers?
>>>>
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>>>> cheez via Electronics-Talk
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>>>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] New Way to Use Uber and Lyft Without a
>>>> Smartphone
>>>>
>>>> New Way to Use Uber and Lyft Without a Smartphone:
>>>> GoGo is an automated hotline that lets people use Uber and Lyft 
>>>> without
>>>> needing a smartphone.
>>>>
>>>> Uber and Lyft are available nationally; when you use GoGoGrandparent,
>>>> we'll
>>>> send you whichever one is cheapest at the time that you make your 
>>>> request
>>>> for a ride. Their prices are typically up to 40 percent less than the
>>>> cost
>>>> of a cab.
>>>>
>>>> Using GoGo is simple: callers call from a number they have registered
>>>> with
>>>> us and hear a menu of options. They can press 1 for a car to be 
>>>> sent to
>>>> pick
>>>> them up from their home, 2 for a car to be sent to pick them up 
>>>> where we
>>>> dropped them off last, or 0 to speak with an operator for a custom 
>>>> pickup
>>>> location. Once the driver arrives, they tell the driver where they 
>>>> want
>>>> to
>>>> go. When you make a request, a car shows up at your door within 
>>>> fifteen
>>>> minutes, typically less.
>>>>
>>>> To register free of charge, please call (855) 464-6872 or visit
>>>> <gogograndparent.com/register>.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Vince
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