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> It's things like uber, public transporation, car shares, things that get cars off the road. I agree about some, but Uber? Doesn't Uber do the opposite of tak
by gdulli 10y ago
> It's things like uber, public transporation, car shares, things that get cars off the road.
I agree about some, but Uber? Doesn't Uber do the opposite of take cars off the road? Every Uber (or Zipcar) ride is a missed opportunity to take public transportation. (Where that would have been an option.) Plus, extra cars are on the road between rides.
Uber and ZipCar may take cars out of people's garages (remove the need for car ownership) but that's a different thing.
I live in a city with a good subway system. My co-workers and I can ride it for free because our company buys us unlimited passes. But I see them still paying for Uber rides themselves out of laziness for trips they could use public transportation for.
- tim333 10y agoI think the idea with Uber and cabs in general is you can take a train most of the way and then a cab to your end destination. In fact it would be cool if Uber built trains into their software so you could just say where you were going and it would offer cab-train-cab as an option.