The Anti-Uber Way of Disrupting Transportation, Politely
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A French ride-sharing startup connects drivers with more than a million people looking for a lift each month, and it's managing to do so without making a bunch of enemies along the way.
Paris-based BlaBlaCar (it sounds better in a French accent) isn't growing at the sort of pedal-to-the-floor pace of Uber's car-booking app, but it's beloved by Europeans who often use it for long hauls and cross-country trips. And BlaBlaCar's brand of organized, digital hitchhiking hasn't faced the kinds of lawsuits, or widespread protests from taxi drivers and city officials encountered by Uber.