[nkg]

I am working on a private transportation service. Think Uber, but in a small market. We have an aging population, poor public transportation and some of the bumpiest roads you can find in the West. It will fill a void.

Not my idea, though. Through our local geek community, I met this taxi driver who pitched his app idea. He convinced a few other drivers to pay a small fee to kickstart the project. Then he convinced me to help with the technical stuff, and I convinced a friend to tag along.

He is on the road looking for funding!

[kfarr]

I am intrigued by the concept of an open source Uber equivalent. I was involved early in a few rideshare app concepts before Uber came to market and it was surprisingly complicated. You have the technical challenges combined with being a "market maker" for both riders and drivers. It's possible but hard.

[conductr]

> I was involved early in a few rideshare app concepts before Uber came to market and it was surprisingly complicated.

Can you explain some of the difficult parts? I'd think it would be fairly straight-forward. Is the technical challenge of market making the hard part? or getting enough users on the app to actually make a market?

[pratyushnair01]

You might be interested in "Namma Yatri". It's a fairly successful open source ride hailing app from India.