From a councillor to a grandma: meet Launceston's rideshare drivers

Frances Vinall
November 20 2019 - 2:00pm
Pictured (from left and going clockwise) are Keryn Hudson, Willard Zirima, uncle and niece Matthew Brooks and Stacie Bulk and Amal Ranawaka. Photos: Scott Gelston, Neil Richardson
Pictured (from left and going clockwise) are Keryn Hudson, Willard Zirima, uncle and niece Matthew Brooks and Stacie Bulk and Amal Ranawaka. Photos: Scott Gelston, Neil Richardson

Since June 2018, two rideshare apps have started operations in Launceston. Their peer-to-peer model - the same one as AirBnb - has changed daily life in sometimes bewildering ways. As one joke goes: "We were taught as kids to not get in strangers' cars or meet people from the internet, and now we literally summon strangers from the internet and get in their cars."

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Frances Vinall

Frances Vinall

Journalist

Frances Vinall is a journalist at The Examiner, Launceston. Contact her at frances.vinall@examiner.com.au

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