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Studies Show That Ride-Hailing Companies Increase Traffic Congestion

posted by janrinok on Tuesday February 27 2018, @08:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the unintended-consequences dept.

takyon writes:

Uber, Lyft worsen city traffic, studies show: report

Despite promises of reducing traffic congestion, ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft are doing the opposite as their apps pluck passengers off public transportation and put pedestrians in cars, the Associated Press reported.

According to an AP review of research, studies show the ride-hailing apps are directly competing with mass transit and the increased number of taxis and Uber and Lyft cars on the road contribute to slower traffic. A New York-based study cited "vacant vehicles occupied only by drivers waiting for their next trip request," as a contributing factor for high-volume traffic in Manhattan's central business district, the AP reported.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Wednesday February 28 2018, @01:37AM (2 children)

    by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday February 28 2018, @01:37AM (#644913)

    I can see the future and it's bright: rent-a-horse.
    With proper GPS-driven automated blinders and reins, a horse will safely get you anywhere, lane-splitting faster than Manhattan or 405 traffic.
    Collision-avoidance lane-keeping auto-braking neural network has long been thoroughly debugged, and tips are cheap.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Wednesday February 28 2018, @01:57AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 28 2018, @01:57AM (#644924) Journal

    I can see the future and it's bright: rent-a-horse.
    With proper GPS-driven automated blinders and reins, a horse will safely get you anywhere, lane-splitting faster than Manhattan or 405 traffic.
    Collision-avoidance lane-keeping auto-braking neural network has long been thoroughly debugged, and tips are cheap.

    Interesting, but the maintenance is high - PETA and their ilk will impose skyrocketing costs.

    Improvement suggestion: use humans for propulsion - aka rickshaws - especially in at-will employment states (are there any other, still anachronistic, ones?). Will be a bit slower, but you can pay them peanuts and no organization can legally object (we'll take care of it, one-off cost, by lobbying and electoral campaign contributions).
    That's how we'll get efficient allocation of resources and create jobs and, in the same time, stay green and progressive!!

    (grin)

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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday February 28 2018, @02:19PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday February 28 2018, @02:19PM (#645136) Journal

    NYC did use horses back in the day, but then they had to employ about 10,000 street sweepers to try and keep the city from getting buried in the tons of manure that produced.

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