Re:Uber paid 58 Australians $1350 to have One Less Car
by freetime2 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:26PM
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That’s only one participant of 58 in the study.
> The 58 participants had a week of being studied with their normal car usage to establish a baseline, before going four weeks driving one less car. Two-car households went down to one, one-car households went down to no cars, and there were six participants who never owned a car in the first place but who were there to compare behaviours with the newly carless.
Also, while he “has had” up to four cars in the past, it sounds like they currently only use two:
> So he and his wife left the Australian-made station wagon in the garage for the month, during which they only drove their eight-year-old electric BMW twice.
> The 58 participants had a week of being studied with their normal car usage to establish a baseline, before going four weeks driving one less car. Two-car households went down to one, one-car households went down to no cars, and there were six participants who never owned a car in the first place but who were there to compare behaviours with the newly carless.
Also, while he “has had” up to four cars in the past, it sounds like they currently only use two:
> So he and his wife left the Australian-made station wagon in the garage for the month, during which they only drove their eight-year-old electric BMW twice.