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> They snarled our cities in traffic Would like to see the data backing this claim up.

• wpietri 3y ago
  There have been a bunch of studies. A quick Google finds this relatively recent one: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/uber-lyft-traffic-congestion-car-ownership-study/ https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/uber-lyft-traffic-congest... But intuitively it's not surprising. Imagine a world without rideshare, but where the taxi companies just got way better, dropping prices and improving service. Use would go up. People who were driving before were either going to keep driving or user rideshare. Some transit trips would switch. A bunch of new trips would happen because the bar is lower. More trips means more traffic, and the areas where rideshare is most popular were not exactly known for low traffic before.
  • ghaff 3y ago
    It's logical. Better/cheaper taxi-like services are almost certainly not going to lead to more investment in and use of public transit. And while they may be one of a number of factors that let people more easily forgo private car ownership at the margins, it's hard to see it being a huge factor.
  • addisonl 3y ago
    “Traffic congestion since the companies' introductions in urban areas is up by 0.9% and the duration of a jam increased 4.5%” less than 1% increase hardly seems significant when compared to other things that are increasing traffic.