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It's extremely onerous and difficult to own a car in San Francisco (parking situation, street cleaning, meters, lack of reserved and available parking spots) bu
by radicaldreamer 8y ago
It's extremely onerous and difficult to own a car in San Francisco (parking situation, street cleaning, meters, lack of reserved and available parking spots) but a bunch of Ubers and Lyft drivers can drive all day in the city causing massive congestion with plenty of drivers who not only don't reside in the city, but aren't even from the Bay Area paying nothing to maintain the roads or congestion or pollution or the fact that they don't know the roads and drive recklessly to maximize the number of rides per hour.
- dantheman 8y agoIs there any reason that a person who owns a car has more of a right to have a ride than a person renting a ride? Many people 'aren't even from the bay area' and drive in; hell they even take up space in the bay area to store their car when it's not in use!
- sol_remmy 8y agoPlease consult the facts before you post. All employers within San Francisco pay a large amount of taxes to the city for each employee. Those taxes more than pay for the cost of road use of their employees. Thank you.
- radicaldreamer 8y agoHere’s the thing though, every employer in the Bay Area pays taxes, but only Uber and Lyft also disproportionately congest streets and add air and noise pollution. It’s not proportional whatsoever to the residents of these neighborhoods. There are solutions which would better fit the problem: congestion pricing for peak hours or non-residents, pollution surcharge for non-EV ride share vehicles, surcharge for non-pool/line rides. The status quo is to publicize the congestion and pollution and risk and privatize the profits.