Inspiration comes in funny places

Last night, after failing to get onto the Metro (due to my refusal to wear my soaking wet t-shirt) I was fortunate enough to find a motorbike driver to take me home for 120 baht (30 baht less than before I tried getting on the metro). Since it was rush hour, and the traffic was at a crawl, I was happy to get a motorbike instead of a tuk-tuk or taxi.

While the cars were moving along at a crawl, we were weaving in and out of traffic at quite fast speeds. I did my best to keep my shoulders tight, because mine were more broad than me drivers, and I was worried we could clip a mirror of a car! This wasn't the first time I was sure it would happen, but the motorbike drivers seem to know what they're doing. Also, in Bangkok (as opposed to every other city I've been in) the motorbike taxi's seem to be licensed, since they all wear bright vests that are green or orange.

In any event, I came up with a business idea while holding on for dear life on the back of the bike:

Motorbike taxi's in North America.

In most major North American cities, traffic is atrocious. In recent months I have been to Toronto, New York, and Chicago, and none of them were fun to navigate during rush hour in a car. There are also very few motorcycles and scooters (i.e. motorbikes). The idea would be to offer rides to executives, business owners, professionals, etc. that need to get from one place to another quickly. Many U.S. states have laws explicitly permitting two wheel vehicles to pass between to cars on a road. I'm not sure about Canada though. In places where such a law is in place, a motorbike taxi could get someone from A to B much quicker in rush hour traffic. I think people would be willing to pay a premium for such a service if they were really in a rush.

This just came to me last night, so it's not fleshed out at all. Ideas to improve upon (or challenge) the idea are welcome.