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Is it possible that the benefit of people being more easily able to travel around town outweighs the cost of the extra traffic?

• almost_usual 8y ago
  Yeah, I don't know. I'm only stating that I can see how Lyft and Uber could generate more traffic due to convenience.
  • mandelbrotwurst 8y ago
    Me neither =) Your hypothesis is a good one imo.
    • almost_usual 8y ago
      I mean, I'm definitely guilty of it. I've tried giving up ride-sharing for a bit and the social situations you get into are awkward. People usually don't understand and get frustrated. If I ride the bus to meet someone for dinner and I get there everything will start fine. What eventually happens after dinner is that person will invite me to some other place and they'll want to get there as soon as possible. Responding with "oh, I'm trying only use public transit so I'll meet you in a bit" causes a bit of friction. It's normal to expect people to be somewhere in a certain amount of time now because of ride sharing. The convenience of it is almost like texting. "Why aren't you here yet? Can't you just Uber or Lyft?" / "Why haven't you responded to my text? Why don't you have your phone on you?"
      • mandelbrotwurst 8y ago
        Yup, makes sense, that's a good analogy. I've had similar experiences w/ both ride share and cell / smart phones.