> What they are probably referring too are cooperative taxis. Those are cars or smaller buses that are driving a certain route, like a bus.
It's also funny that the ride share concept has been huge throughout the west, with a couple of unicorns profiting from it, but once the same concept is applied to Cuba... Well, suddenly "deteriorating public transport" becomes a key point.
At least in the US, deteriorating public transit is a major reason for the success of things like Uber. Obviously right now a lot of people are working from home making the issue moot, but over the past decade the NYC subway, Boston T, and Washington Metro have had many, many problems of reliability as decades of minimal maintenance have finally caused major problems in their infrastructure, and many people in big US cities have switched to ride sharing for trips that they used to use public transit for.
It's also funny that the ride share concept has been huge throughout the west, with a couple of unicorns profiting from it, but once the same concept is applied to Cuba... Well, suddenly "deteriorating public transport" becomes a key point.