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Re:The Town of Innisfil partners with Uber for transit inste... by Symbiote on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @02:08AM (#14040063)
A private taxi causes as much congestion as an occupied car on the same trip, plus wasted congestion whenever it is empty (no passenger).

It can only reduce congestion if multiple passengers on different trips are in the car at the same time.

Re:The Town of Innisfil partners with Uber for transit inste... by wutbrodo on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @03:23AM (#14040378)
> It can only reduce congestion if multiple passengers on different trips are in the car at the same time.

Not _only_: in the general case, there's nothing stopping taxi services from providing a last-mile (or rather last-n-miles) connection to transit compared to a car trip for the entire time. Depending on the way this works out, congestion can be reduced with private taxi rides. In fact, Beverly Hills city council passed a resolution to investigate driverless shuttles for exactly this purpose and precisely to reduce congestion.