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Studies Show That Ride-Hailing Companies Increase Traffic Congestion

posted by janrinok on Tuesday February 27 2018, @08:04PM   
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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• Re:Easy solution (Score: 3, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday February 28 2018, @02:27PM

  by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday February 28 2018, @02:27PM (#645145) Journal

  It's not necessary to redesign cities around public transportation. It's only necessary to design public transportation that can serve the movement patterns that will serve the most people the most efficiently, and for that you need to do extensive traffic studies to figure that out. Once you implement the transit, people will adjust where they live over time and how they move around; ie., people who don't like to drive or don't want to spend money on cars and driving will gravitate to areas with better access to transit.

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  Washington DC delenda est.

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