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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:Bogus inequality.... (Score: 3, Insightful) by FatPhil on Wednesday February 28 2018, @03:33PM

  by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Wednesday February 28 2018, @03:33PM (#645184) Homepage

  Yeah, it's the tax avoidance that makes them new and different! (Where I include licence fees as a tax, because all obligatory payments that do nothing but restore a right that you would have had were the powers that be to not artificial remove that right are taxes.)

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