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" ... One particular value of short trips is in ridepooling and transit. Sharing rides can make rides cheap, green as well as reduce congestion. But current “pool” services have to dance around to pick-up and drop-off people while you are riding, often with long detours that eliminate the value. It’s far more efficient for the pooling vehicle to handle only the common part of the route. If taking two people home, a pooling vehicle should pause where the routes diverge and have one person get out and take a short-hop the rest of the way. The problem is, with flag drops and minimum ride fees of around $7 for a typical Uber, that short hop can cost more than the group ride. If short hops just have the same per-mile cost as long riders, or closer to it, the economics change and shared transportation because much more pleasant for all. ... "