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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.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Sunday May 12 2019, @06:30PM (6 children)
Are you advocating that we stop all progress in case somebody finds a way to exploit it to their own ends? Ban all cars because some have been used in bank robberies, ban all hammers because some have been used in murders, etc
The problems you are describing are a result of the town, city, county, state or country not being managed for the benefit of everyone. That's what you should be changing, not the fact that electric cars are coming and they might require some changes to the way we behave today.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Sunday May 12 2019, @10:07PM (5 children)
Define progress.
To me, everything that doesn't go towards mainstream telecommuting is not progress. And the high percentage of jobs in a congested city can be solved by telecommuting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday May 13 2019, @04:49AM (4 children)
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday May 13 2019, @05:29AM (3 children)
TFA context: "Ton of Traffic Congestion"
Does mass-telecommuting for office workers have a big (if not the biggest) impact on the traffic towards city?
Neither electric cars nor self-driving cars address the traffic congestion, from this point of view that's not progress.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday May 13 2019, @05:46AM (2 children)
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday May 13 2019, @05:58AM (1 child)
Why do you think your question or, indeed, anything posted on S/N is worth considering?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday May 13 2019, @12:10PM
Reason. There's something beyond merely having viewpoints.