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posted by mrpg on Sunday May 12 2019, @04:15AM   Printer-friendly
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New Research Confirms That Ride-Hailing Companies Are Causing a Ton of Traffic Congestion

A study published today in Science Advances comparing pre- and post-rideshare boom traffic in San Fransisco found that the presence of Uber, Lyft, and similar companies has been an overall detriment for people who like getting where they're going quickly.

That businesses which pay people to have their vehicles on the road would, well, increase the number of cars blocking up the transit grid might appear to be a forgone, perhaps even obvious conclusion. But the body of writings on Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) as they're sometimes called is, surprisingly, mixed. Some studies found that Ubers and Lyfts were choking the streets of New York, Boston, and Chicago; a few claimed, conversely, that rideshares were alleviating traffic. Thus the team behind today's paper—composed of two University of Kentucky staffers and members of San Francisco's County Transportation Authority—had their work cut out for them.


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday May 12 2019, @04:36AM (5 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday May 12 2019, @04:36AM (#842585) Journal

    Is this a US ton, a metric ton, a long ton, or maybe a butt ton? Possibly they are using metric butt tons, but who can say? You would think scientific researchers would define what kind of ton they are using.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 12 2019, @05:07AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 12 2019, @05:07AM (#842589)

    short ton of won tons

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 12 2019, @05:38AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 12 2019, @05:38AM (#842592)

      Uber Eats®

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 12 2019, @02:05PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 12 2019, @02:05PM (#842663)

    The metric butt ton is properly known as the arse ton.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 12 2019, @03:08PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 12 2019, @03:08PM (#842689)

      colonials . . .

  • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday May 13 2019, @02:30PM

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Monday May 13 2019, @02:30PM (#843016) Journal

    I would have thought that shit ton [systemcomic.com] described it better.

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