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> otherwise you are stuck in current situation where each individual has his/her own car leading to traffic and congestion. This is a terrible assumption. The

> otherwise you are stuck in current situation where each individual has his/her own car leading to traffic and congestion. This is a terrible assumption. The deal being offered is Manhattan -> Manhattan, and only below 125th street. That's a population of ~1m people[0], which doesn't even factor in age demographics. There are 1.6m commuters into manhattan each day and only 225k cars registered in manhattan[1]. Only 30% of employees in manhattan live in manhattan[2]. Basically, the share of people using uberpool will almost exclusively come from pre-existing public transportation. [0] https://dmv.ny.gov/statistic/2015reginforce-web.pdf https://dmv.ny.gov/statistic/2015reginforce-web.pdf [1] https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/cancer/registry/appendix/neighborhoodpop.htm https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/cancer/registry/appendi... [2] http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/commuting/index.html http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/commuting/index...

aub3bhat 10y ago
As someone who lives in Manhattan below 125th street, you could not be more wrong. What you have is transition from Cabs with single rider to Uber Pool, not Subway to Uber Pool. Also you are using figures of user who live "outside" Manhattan which do not at all benefit from Uber POOL.
- lloyd-christmas 10y ago
  > As someone who lives in Manhattan below 125th street, you could not be more wrong. I've lived in NY for 30 years. I've lived below 125th street in manhattan for a decade of that. The wealth of statistics available to defend your point is at your fingertips. And... you went with "nuh-uh". That doesn't really convince me of much. For some anecdata, I've only known 1 person to take a cab in both directions every day. The only reason was because they got a new job. 3 months later their lease was up and they moved to a more convenient spot. I know plenty of people who take cabs several times a week, but that's also not a demographic it will be taking from. > Also you are using figures of user who live "outside" Manhattan which do not at all benefit from Uber POOL. That was my point. I'm pointing out that the majority of the traffic comes from elsewhere or non-commuter traffic, meaning that the impact of this would be insignificant in the big picture.

aub3bhat 10y ago

As someone who lives in Manhattan below 125th street, you could not be more wrong. What you have is transition from Cabs with single rider to Uber Pool, not Subway to Uber Pool. Also you are using figures of user who live "outside" Manhattan which do not at all benefit from Uber POOL.

lloyd-christmas 10y ago
> As someone who lives in Manhattan below 125th street, you could not be more wrong. I've lived in NY for 30 years. I've lived below 125th street in manhattan for a decade of that. The wealth of statistics available to defend your point is at your fingertips. And... you went with "nuh-uh". That doesn't really convince me of much. For some anecdata, I've only known 1 person to take a cab in both directions every day. The only reason was because they got a new job. 3 months later their lease was up and they moved to a more convenient spot. I know plenty of people who take cabs several times a week, but that's also not a demographic it will be taking from. > Also you are using figures of user who live "outside" Manhattan which do not at all benefit from Uber POOL. That was my point. I'm pointing out that the majority of the traffic comes from elsewhere or non-commuter traffic, meaning that the impact of this would be insignificant in the big picture.