Ride-Hailing Platforms

Smartphone dispatch, routing, payments, driver matching, and reputation systems for urban transport.

Core metadata

ID: ride_hailing_platforms
Era: Modern
First known date: 2009 (year)
Region: San Francisco, California, United States
Review status: source_checked
Maturity: N/A

Prerequisites

Dependents

None.

Fields

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Node sources

Uber | History & Facts (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node
Uber's Founding (Uber Newsroom, 2010, generic_overview) • Supports: node

Prerequisite edge evidence

Edge/source evidence summary:

Prerequisite edges: 2
Average edge confidence: 70%
Prerequisite sources: 2
expert_inference: 2

Prerequisite	Type	Confidence	Evidence level	Note	Sources
Smartphones (smartphones)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Smartphones provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Mobile Computing (Computer History Museum, 2026, museum) • Supports: edge
GPS-Guided Logistics (gps_guided_logistics)	commercial_or_scaling_dependency	72%	expert_inference	GPS-Guided Logistics supports manufacturing, deployment, commercialization, or operational scaling.	Economic Benefits of the Global Positioning System (GPS) (GPS.gov, 2019, official_agency) • Supports: edge

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