Ride-sharing firms say they help ease traffic congestion. New research says otherwise. - NBCNewsMACH
To answer that question, the researchers tracked ride-share pickups and drop-offs in San Francisco during a six-week period in 2016.
Erhardt and Castiglione acknowledged the limitations of the methodology, including its inability to account for some factors that might have influenced congestion, like increased truck traffic due to the . But Erhardt said the study suggested that some people in San Francisco who at one time might have walked or used public transportation to get around might have shifted to ride-sharing instead.“When the cost of something decreases, people typically do more of it,” Andrew Owen, a research fellow at the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies in Minneapolis, who wasn’t involved in the new research, told NBC News MACH in an email.
Owen said there were many strategies that might be used to help ease traffic congestion in San Francisco and elsewhere, including taxing ride-sharing companies and upgrading public transportation. But he said he would continue to use ride-sharing services, adding, “We just need to make sure we’re addressing the cost it imposes on the world around us.”
Uber didn’t respond to a request for comment about the study. Lyft spokesperson Alex Rafter said the company was partnering with cities to find ways to ease congestion. “We’re investing deeply in products and new infrastructure for bikes, transit and shared rides to contribute to the greater solution,” he said in an email.
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