How much does transportation cost you?
In most cities, bus or subway fare might set you back $3 or so. A tank of gas, maybe $30 or $40 depending on your car. An hour of street parking? Sometimes it’s free, sometimes it’s a few bucks. And you can usually snag an economy seat on a round-trip U.S. domestic flight for under $300.
These numbers probably ring true for most people. There’s just one problem: Everything you know about the cost of transportation is wrong.
Despite a massive infusion of venture capital into the transportation sector over the past few years, mobility startups are starting to learn what every transportation business has known for generations: transportation profits are elusive, and the system is mainly held together by subsidies. Will this be the first generation of transportation businesses to escape history?
Written by Arman Tabatabai
This news first appeared on https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/09/uber-lyft-and-the-challenge-of-transportation-startup-profits/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 under the title “Uber, Lyft, and the challenge of transportation startup profits”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
