Re:Funny Math Fact Check: de Blasio vs. Uber
by greenyoda on Monday August 03, 2015 @02:26PM
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"That would be a 6 month time period, where the number of cars went from 58,295 to 64,500. A total change of 6,205 new cars over 6 months amounts to roughly 1,000 new for-hire vehicles a month - about one half of the rate that de Blasio had said in his OpEd."
This argument assumes (with no justification) that the cars have been added at a constant rate. But if they were being added at an increasing rate, there might have indeed been 2000 cars a month added over the last two or three months (with less than a thousand added in previous months), and the mayor may have been citing the most recent statistics rather than a yearly average. Without more reliable data, there's no way to know which is true.
This argument assumes (with no justification) that the cars have been added at a constant rate. But if they were being added at an increasing rate, there might have indeed been 2000 cars a month added over the last two or three months (with less than a thousand added in previous months), and the mayor may have been citing the most recent statistics rather than a yearly average. Without more reliable data, there's no way to know which is true.
Net change, an increase of 1000 per month.
Not saying this is what's happening, just pointing out that there may be an explanation.