Does Lyft Alleviate City Traffic? Looking at the VMT Efficiency Metric

Re:Does Lyft Alleviate City Traffic? Looking at the VMT Effi... by MilnerRoute on Saturday January 06, 2018 @11:31PM (#16089167)

New York City did a large-scale study of traffic patterns, and concluded ridesharing services brought more people onto the road who otherwise might've stayed home (or taken mass transit).

http://www.schallerconsult.com/rideservices/unsustainable.pd...

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Re:Does Lyft Alleviate City Traffic? Looking at the VMT Effi... by kosmet on Sunday January 07, 2018 @12:53AM (#16089489)

Is it possible that the self-driving cars will have the same effect? The rides will be cheaper and more people might want to be on the go.

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Re:Does Lyft Alleviate City Traffic? Looking at the VMT Effi... by jacques_chester on Saturday January 06, 2018 @11:43PM (#16089215)

Traffic in general tends to show a lot of the Jevons paradox.

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