But how many TaaS services are going to give me an option to request a bike rack and, even if the vehicle that arrives has a bike rack, can I be sure it can accommodate my bicycle’s over-sized tubing?
The same sort of question arises for those with small children who require car seats. My daughter paid at least a couple of hundred for the one she uses ever day for her younger daughter. She drops the kids off on the way to work. Would she have to trust a seat she has never seen? Would she put her in a $40 seat? And adjust it to fit her daughter ever time? Would she have to take her own, and bring it into work with her? When she stops at the grocery on the way home from work she has a supply of carrier bags in the car for them. Do they go to work too, or does she forget about them and use plastic again? What about the dozen things she keeps in the car… water, sunscreen, snack bars, bandaids, phone chargers, pens, pencils, and so on?
I understand that those without cars living in cities handle such problems somehow, but there is much about suburban living that you loose without one. Demographic trends notwithstanding, suburban life is the current standard and it will be around a long, long time.