Cuba is often derided, appropriately, as a backwards nation that has failed to modernize its houses, cars and overall economic policies. I got to visit its capital city of Havana this summer, and found this perception evident from the moment I stepped into José Martí airport. But there was one aspect of Havana that felt futuristic: the city’s mass carpooling system. For ridesharing companies in the U.S. that are looking to grow their carpooling offshoots–including Uber…
While Starting Carpool Services, Uber And Lyft Should Study Cuba’s System
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