The Salem News reports the city's mayor has drafted regulations that could make it difficult for the rideshare service to keep sharing rides there.
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Being a Peabody Resident
By Cappy
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 9:14am
I can say without a doubt that anyone who lives there should really just buy a friggin car.
There is no other way to get around.
The taxi co.'s should just work it out with the three people who use their services.
See ya at the Sea Witch.
http://cappyinboston.blogspot.com/
Sometimes your car breaks down
By Ron Newman
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 10:00am
or you need to go to the airport.
If you need to get to the
By gotdatwmd
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 10:05am
If you need to get to the airport from Peabody, it's honestly easier to get a shuttle from Anderson/Woburn.
How
By bosguy22
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 10:28am
Is that honestly easier than having someone pick you up at your house?
I was considering the most
By gotdatwmd
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 10:36am
I was considering the most affordable, but yeah, the direct to your door shuttle services are probs the best
You would walk from Peabody to Woburn to get a shuttle?
By Ron Newman
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 11:21am
It's probably a shorter distance to walk to the airport!
Hi Ron
By Cappy
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 10:52am
Next time you are in Peabody and need to get to the airport try using the Peabody/Logan express.
It is much cheaper, way more comfortable and drops you right at your terminal.
http://www.massport.com/logan-airport/to-and-from-...
Have a wonderful day.
Crap that's the one I was
By gotdatwmd
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 1:34pm
Crap that's the one I was thinking of.
Same as Boston
By anon
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 1:46pm
People who don't live in Peabody telling you how to live.
Not so simple
By anon
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 10:28am
Try paying Massachusetts rents on Social Security Disability benefits of $13K a year.
Now try owning a car in that mix - if you can even legally drive.
Doesn't work, does it? People live in places like Peabody because they can afford the rent. Unfortunately, they can't afford rent someplace where transit is better.
Markk? Is that you?
By Scratchie
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 11:16am
From my experience, the heaviest users of cabs outside of big cities are generally the elderly. Are you suggesting that all seniors should rely on their own cars for all of their transportation needs? Because that hasn't always worked out so well in the past.
YES
By Cappy
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 11:35am
ALL old people including you should just run out and buy a Mercedes. Today.
Oh, snap.
By Scratchie
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 12:08pm
You wound me.
Sorry
By Cappy
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 12:17pm
You can keep riding that pink unicycle with the oversized horn. No prob.
Thank you, kind sir, and have
By Scratchie
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 1:01pm
Thank you, kind sir, and have a wonderful Christmas.
carless
By Bekah
Tue, 12/23/2014 - 12:16pm
I live in north Salem about 3 blocks from the Peabody line. I've done fine without a car for 2 years now. I don't use Uber, but I do use Zipcar when I need to get to Trader Joes or Lowes. For everything else, I just walk the 1 or 2 miles (walking a mile also necessary to use Zipcar or commuter rail).
Better idea: get rid of
By anon
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 9:24am
Better idea: get rid of medallions in Peabody since no one can seem to GET A FRICKEN CAB when they need one.
Shady
By Stomps
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 11:40am
I think the real discussion should be: How much cash is the mayor of Peabody pocketing from the cab companies to draft these "regulations"?
$$$$$
By Cappy
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 12:03pm
Probably like tens of dollars. At least.
Terminology, please.
By Bob Leponge
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 2:45pm
Can we please stop calling a livery dispatch service a "ride sharing service"?
If you offer a service at a price, and someone accepts your offer, and then you provide the service, and then the customer pays you.... that's a perfectly respectable commercial transaction, but there's no "sharing" of anything involved.