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If we can do multi-use Uber-routing and live route updates and live bus fleet management, we can have buses that stop where each passenger wants to be picked up and dropped :D

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eastern Europe, especially post-soviet countries have Marshrutkas, which are a cross between a bus and a taxi. Very similar to what you describe here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

True, I've ridden in those vans in Moldova and Romania, but it wasn't clear if they had a fixed route.