Transportation Sharing : Relay Rides, Lyft, Uber Accommodation Sharing

If you examine a vehicle, you may agree that it is greater than the sum its parts. Individually, the engine, battery, tires, steering wheel, and steel body can’t haul a teen to school or an associate to work like they can when they are all working together as a cohesive unit. Just like any vehicle, the common wealth of a community is greater than the needs of the individuals that make up the community. When the individuals of a community entangle themselves in a web of wants and selfish desires, they tend to loose sight of the well being of the people who surround them, the environment in which they thrive off of, and, in the long-run, themselves. In conjunction, author Scott Russell Sanders’ article titled “Defending Our Common Wealth” highlights these points as well as emphasizes creating a new vision of wealth, encouraging community over consumption and consumerism to his audience.

The purpose of this essay is to critically discuss 2 debate topics using both opposing sides, for and against, in order to create an academic argument for each topic. Debate 1 will argue the points of “Starting a small business is too risky or can anyone do it?” will be supported with references of journals and articles. Debate 2 will analyse the for and against argument for the topic of “To fail to plan is to plan to fail: you must plan” where academic articles will be used to back up each point made to for each side of the debate. Business has been a foundation in society for centuries but only within the past 10 years has the UK government promoted SME’s (small and medium enterprises) and encouraged the public to invest in creating a business with incentive grants and education programmes such as Business gateway and the hatchery.

American writer and humorist, Ian Frazier in “In Praise of Margins” reflects on his childhood life. While also realizing how “margins” helped cope with his daily life. When Frazier and his friends would escape to the woods, they were able to enjoy doing insignificant activities without any consequences. In addition, "marginal” places and activities are valuable to humankind because it allows adults to use their imaginations like during childhood. The purpose is to influence adults to taste the joy these “marginal” places and activities bring which serves as an incentive to continue to contribute to society. Contributing to society typically meaning to be constantly employed which then allows an individual to purchase goods and services. While this may be true to contribute to society may likely mean to have new and innovative ideas that further improve people’s conceptual skills. Frazier’s attitude towards the value of “marginal” places and activities is relatable because he himself had forgotten the importance of margins until reminded of them. “Margins” often seen as the space around the paper that is there as a guide to not write beyond that point. However, Economists say, “thinking at the margin” which simply means to let go of the past which cannot be changed and take a step forward. “Marginal” places and activities are key for people to be themselves and grow as a person. Marginal spaces and activities are needed to help escape daily routinely responsibilities that are present in everyone’s life. A marginal place or activity is important because it allows people to be imaginative, innovative, unstressed and themselves but in the economic world, it is being lost.

Give and Take is a book written by Adam Grant to describe his view of economic drivers and motivations through the lens of his theory of Give and Take. Economics is the study of how people make choices under scarcity and the results of these choices for society and Mr. Grant asserts that success isn’t just achieved by those who take it; but the majority of success goes to individuals who are willing to look out for others at their potential detriment. According to Grant, the perception of givers are often taken advantage, his research indicates that givers make up a majority of those at the top of the success ladder, even though they are more likely to “sacrifice their own interests to benefit others. Give and Take compares to economic theories like scarcity, cost/benefit analysis, equilibrium, and opportunity costs. To better understand the principles of economics through the lens of Give and Take, one must understand the concepts of Grant’s Give and Take as a description of day to day operations as they relate to well established economic theories.

Sharing is caring. This we are taught from a very young age, that if we do not share with our peers then we do not care about them and, therefore, are despicable human beings. However, members of modern western society are not the only ones taught this, as it is also ingrained in the heads of Anthem society members. “All things on Earth belong to all men” (p.46). I high key want to die

“Sharing is caring.” This little quote has been quoted throughout decades. It shows how if a person shares something that is theirs or in their possession with someone else, you trust them because you would not do that with someone else. Ayn Rand expresses this in her book Anthem. She writes about a totalitarian society in which no one is able to learn more than one another. Everyone is the same in her book but one, the protagonist, Equality. In Anthem, the main character “Equality” changes his mind and denounces the leaders of his society in moral terms doing it correctly by showing emotion, principle, and most importantly equality between one another.

Today’s on-line travel market is succeeding because the companies are using a more software-centric, online business model termed “E-commerce.” This has become the popular avenue for businesses as it mirrors the ideas of mobility. The sheer amount of data available, coupled with the advanced operating systems and social media platforms, have created new possibilities for E-commerce organizations. The infrastructure of E-commerce has expanded into platforms such as peer-to-peer networking, crowd-sourcing, social websites, and mobile devices and media. E-commerce trends are findings ways to incorporate every aspect of our daily lives into an online package associated with our everyday needs (Fishbein, 2013).

To launch our business we will be partnering with Airbnb, airports, hotels, and businesses. Partnering with Airbnb will allow us to accommodate customers who are looking for a car while they are staying at their Airbnb. Knowing a car will be handy for them to use at their selected destination will allow customers to choose and pick the best place for them to stay and it can all be done easily together when partnering with Airbnb. Partnering with airports will be another way to cater to customers needs. Having airports designate a select area for RIGHTRIDE’S cars will allow traveling customers to know that they will have a car to use while they are in whichever state they are traveling to. Hotels is also another partner that can help our product

I am writing to you to help with your petition in allowing companies like Uber and Lyft to come back to Austin. Before you go out to convince the people of Austin, you should have some basic understanding of how people will more than likely perceive this petition and how they will be effected by it. The general rule to know is that people are selective in the way they experience things. I will tell you in what ways they are selective and how you can get the most amount of people to react positively to your petition.

In “The Abundant Community,” both authors John McKnight and Peter Block discuss their ideas on “the citizen way” of life, and the downfalls of “the consumer way,” and how to avoid them. For instance, the authors believe in the goodness that is “the citizen way,” and that if we learned to trust in our neighbors we could build a strong community that can provide security. As well as, obtaining a better income by talking to people in one’s community about future employment. However, if we continue to depend on “the consumer way” we as a community will live an unsatisfied and disconnected life. We are so advanced in technology that we are able to obtain almost anything from the comfort of our own homes, which limits social interaction. Moreover,

The article “Racine Private-School Families Face Busing Issues” discusses the issues parents are having with the Racine Unified School District bus vouchers. These issues concerning parents who depend on bus vouchers to transport their children to and from Our Lady of Grace Academy, a private school located on 1425 Grove Avenue, Racine, Wisconsin. These issues have come about due to the fact that the amount of Racine Unified bus vouchers was reduced; forcing other bus vouchers to make less bus stops in order to transport more children. According to Bruce Varick, the principal of Our Lady of Grace Academy, this was a decision made in result of Racine Unified officials becoming concerned with the amount of money it cost to run buses for the academy.

This has caused most individuals to contribute to a productive economic system, seeking to do or make something that others will pay for, or they will work for an organization that makes products or provides services that are purchased and used by others. We have concluded that having the desire to have the

After finishing “The Abundant Community,” I was relieved that I no longer needed to read this long winded book that could have been summarized into a pamphlet. Do not get me wrong, I like some of the ideas that were presented such as; trust, friendship, and communal pride. However, on the other side of the coin there is the consumer way of life were we are in debt, slaves to the system, and are lazy. I did not like how the authors had a very bias way of looking at the two different ways of life. Especially since I lean towards the consumer way, but I do try and balance the two.

UBER and Airbnb are less effective at lobbying than the incumbent taxi companies and hotel companies primarily because they lack both economic and political power. They are relatively new to the market as they are the new form of business called sharing economy. Hence, they do not have strong affiliation with politicians through long history of networking nor they have strong economic power to pursue their interest as an interest group. That being said with the company itself, natural supporters of such company are also deemed less powerful than the incumbents. Moreover, unlike the incumbents, these supporters’ living is not directly related to those firms. In other words, their main source of income is not from UBER or Airbnb because like

The use of ride-sharing applications has become a popular choice to travel from one destination to another. In the past, cities were dominated by the use of taxis as a means of ride choice. As technology and society has evolved, ride-share applications such as Lyft have become a dominating choice for travel. After completing a PEST and SWOT analysis, Lyft can analyze how to proceed going forward to continue its growth and success.