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Does Lyft Alleviate City Traffic? Looking at the VMT Efficiency Metric
- MilnerRoute 9y agoNew York City did a large-scale study of traffic patterns, and concluded ridesharing services brought more people onto the road who otherwise might've stayed home (or taken mass transit). http://www.schallerconsult.com/rideservices/unsustainable.pdf http://www.schallerconsult.com/rideservices/unsustainable.pd...
- jacques_chester 9y agoTraffic in general tends to show a lot of the Jevons paradox.
- kosmet 9y agoIs it possible that the self-driving cars will have the same effect? The rides will be cheaper and more people might want to be on the go.
- nayuki 9y agoIt would be nice to see Uber/Lyft lead to long-term reductions in the urban land usage of parking lots.
- ecshafer 9y agoBuilding more transit, and reducing or removing parking minimums is the way to do this. Unless we do this more people must drive, making more traffic.