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

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: 4, Interesting) by NotSanguine on Wednesday February 28 2018, @02:00AM (2 children)

    by NotSanguine (285) <NotSanguineNO@SPAMSoylentNews.Org> on Wednesday February 28 2018, @02:00AM (#644927) Homepage Journal

    New York will never do that, though. Public transport gives politicians too much power to give up, and too much fodder for election time.

    Actually, it started out as privately owned. But private companies were unwilling to invest in the infrastructure to support needed expansion. [wikipedia.org]

    So, you're uninformed and spouting off without any evidence. Are there any other areas where you'd like to expose your lack of knowledge or critical thinking skills?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @05:37AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @05:37AM (#644986)

    GP referred to Japan as a shining example of public transit done right. In Japan, almost all of the major public transit infrastructure is privately owned (by the JR Group).

    • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday February 28 2018, @05:52AM

      by NotSanguine (285) <NotSanguineNO@SPAMSoylentNews.Org> on Wednesday February 28 2018, @05:52AM (#644992) Homepage Journal

      And AC (was that you?) said:

      New York will never do that,

      And assigned unnamed "politicians" nefarious reasons for this.

      He was wrong. And he's *still* wrong, as last I heard, New York wasn't in Japan.

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      No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr