Uber And Lyft Caused Major Traffic Uptick In San Francisco, Study Says
Researchers compared data from fall 2010 — before the companies made inroads in the city — and fall 2016. They found that the companies are to blame for more than half of a big increase in traffic.
Do ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft make a city's traffic worse or better?
In San Francisco at least, the answer is decidedly worse, according to a newly published study in the journal Science Advances.
"It's by far the most detailed look that's been done in any given city," says Bruce Schaller, a transportation expert and former New York deputy commissioner for traffic and planning who was not involved in the study. "And it's certainly consistent with what we're seeing in other places."
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