Show HN: Corral Rides - All your SF transportation options in one place

http://www.getcorral.com

by hellonoam • 13 years ago

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getcorral.com

vhnguy2• 13 years ago

so cool!!!

snir7• 13 years ago

Thanks :)

niccolop2• 13 years ago

When do you think you'll have a version for android?

snir7• 13 years ago

We'll be working on that momentarily. We picked up iOS development just for this, and will do the same with Android. Hopefully in two weeks.

niccolop2• 13 years ago

Looking forward to it.

bkad• 13 years ago

Where did you get these glasses: http://www.getcorral.com/about

I must have them.

samstave• 13 years ago

From the birdmen of Zeist.

snir7• 13 years ago

Haha. You dont have to go that far :)

They're called "Fly Goggles" for those actually interested...

safeer• 13 years ago

So awesome.

seanholbert• 13 years ago

love it.

gojomo2• 13 years ago

Great idea... but do you have confidence that Uber/Lyft/Sidecar are happy to be aggregated like this?

snir7• 13 years ago

We would be happy to take any of those providers down from our listing if they reach out to us.

As we perceive it, if they chose to be removed, they provide an advantage to their competitors. We're listing them as benefit to our user base, but in doing so, we send over free traffic.

sourcemine2• 13 years ago

First of all, I love your idea.. wanted to do the same thing. I showed this to the product team @ lyft just FYI, not sure if they see this is a violation of their terms/data or not. We will find out tho.. love the idea. Uber may charge a booking fee.. would be nice if they would share that with you as a lead.. Will be watching your progress, please update twitter/facebook as you go..

quotemstr• 13 years ago

Why is consent relevant?

gojomo2• 13 years ago

Companies sometimes view their current inventory, pricing, and other details to be their source of proprietary value, and see attempts to copy and offer that information through another outlet as a threat.

This is especially the case if the company wants to be known as the singular best place for their kind of market information, and is the existing leader. (In such a situation, they may see copying their data as an attempt to lbootstrap a competing service, leapfrog them in comprehensiveness/popularity, or apply downward price pressure on the premium pricing their existing dominance allows.) For example, neither Ebay nor Craigslist have looked favorably on their listings being reaggregated anywhere else.

I'd guess Uber would be most likely to object and adopt technical or legal measures to prevent their info being reused in someone else's app. Uber seems most well-known, deep-pocketed, and far-thinking.

sourcemine2• 13 years ago

Any plans for android user? Is this setup/build for nationwide as well? What about zipcard/getaround/relayrides? can also integrate parkme and the rent my parking spaces.. some of these guys may eventually pay a bounty.

markolschesky• 13 years ago

I like it!

Is there anyway that when you pass the user from Corral to Google Maps that you can pass their location using a discrete address vs. Lat/Lng coordinates? Sometimes I forget what I was googling directions to awhile later and I'd prefer the to/from vs. the lat long.

hellonoam4• 13 years ago

The lat/long coordinates are more accurate which is why we're using it. However, we've heard this from a few people already, so we might change it in the next release.

jedberg• 13 years ago

I was just talking about the need for something like this the other day. Brilliant!

hellonoam4• 13 years ago

Glad ya like it ;)

ajju• 13 years ago

Hey guys. You need to add InstantCab on here. Email me: aj@instantcab.com

snir7• 13 years ago

Sure thing. Just dropped you a line.

doorty• 13 years ago

First of all, this is great. I'll definitely be using it on a regular basis for public transit and 'taxi' rides. Second, I love that you have bike directions too. BUT, the bike directions seem to be car directions when you hit the link to google maps. Please explain...

snir7• 13 years ago

Strange. They should be distinct. I'll look into it.

On the biking side, we're considering looking at joins between biking and other modes of transit. So for example, you could bike an extra mile and get on a different, more direct bus/train (assuming it can carry your bike).

Glad to hear you like the app :)

hellonoam4• 13 years ago

Google directions APIs offer biking routes, so on the backend we figure out the time it takes to get to the destination. Unfortunately the Google maps app APIs doesn't support biking directions yet just driving/walking/public transport so for now driving makes the most sense.

If there's a biking app you usually use we'd be happy to integrate with it

Noreaster76• 13 years ago

SF mass transit: epic fail. Unless you need to get up and down Market, in which case... you're in luck!

pakeha• 13 years ago

Really well executed - well done. I was surprised and impressed with the output of my first search.

One feature request: the ability to save common journeys. I take Uber(x) from home to the office frequently; if I could easily compare other providers on that trip before I leave for work, maybe I'd use other services more often.

hellonoam4• 13 years ago

Thanks, we'll see if we can make it happen for the next release.

I don't know if you noticed, but we show you a history of your recent searches, so that could be a quicker way to get your favorite route.

nikunjk• 13 years ago

This is awesome. Do you rev-share with the clients? Any plans to monetize this?

snir7• 13 years ago

Glad you like it!

We dont have any revenue sharing relationships in place with any of the services we link out to. We don't have any plans to monetize at present either. We found ourselves switching out between these different apps whenever making transit decisions, and decided to build it out. If we observe operating costs getting too high, we might seek out those relationships.

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