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Re:Saving San Francisco goes deeper than “build more housing” by hardtke on Friday October 27, 2017 @01:27PM (#15570446)
We are already seeing that Uber/Lyft are causing declines in the usage of public transit, and there could actually be decreasing appetite for public transit investment. Compared to the rest of the US, the Bay Area is actually already pretty good when it comes to fraction of workers commuting by transit (#2 or #3 after New York City and possibly Washington, D.C.). Unfortunately, I find that most people are all in favor of other people using public transportation so that they can drive where they want to go faster. Transit only gains massive adoption for particular commutes where it is substantially faster than driving.
Re:Saving San Francisco goes deeper than “build more housing” by DrScump on Friday October 27, 2017 @10:46PM (#15573727)

  Uber/Lyft are causing declines in the usage of public transit
Are there studies that confirm this causation? They've certainly caused declines in the usage of taxicabs, but they compete at very different price points from public transit.