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To be fair though Uber did sort of save the day. Transportation is nothing like it was 15 years ago. Drinking and driving is down, I can actually get a ride wit

To be fair though Uber did sort of save the day. Transportation is nothing like it was 15 years ago. Drinking and driving is down, I can actually get a ride with a GPS enabled app, I don't have to fight taxi drivers to pay with a card every trip... I imagine self-driving cars will alter society for the better even more. iPads in schools may be a good example of what you're talking about but Uber and self-driving cars actually did (or will) enact significant societal change for the better.

rjkennedy98 7y ago
What I was talking about the promises Uber made about traffic and car ownership and the future of transportation. It didn't it literally did the opposite of everything promised. It made traffic in cities worse: https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/6/20756945/uber-lyft-tnc-vmt-traffic-congestion-study-fehr-peers https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/6/20756945/uber-lyft-tnc-vmt... It made car ownership in cities even greater: https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2019/01/uber-lyft-make-traffic-worse-more-people-own-cars-transit/579481/ https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2019/01/uber-lyft-make-t...
- aeternum 7y ago
  The first article you cite does not show that Uber and Lyft made traffic worse. The study simply states that they account for 14% of traffic. Fewer personal cars, less cruising for parking, and ability to reliably use Uber/Lyft for the last mile in conjunction with public transit could easily make traffic better overall. The second link is also not as clear as you make it seem. The growth in car-free and car-light households is exceeding the growth of the general population. Those cities are notable as they were the first to get Uber/Lyft.