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First analysis of how Uber and Lyft have affected roadway congestion in SF

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Re: First analysis of how Uber and Lyft have affected roadway congestion in SF

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Post by product50 »

faitswulff wrote: post #24
product50 wrote: post #15

Uber is really a heaven sent product for me and my family. We have to pick up and drop off our daughter at her day care on a daily basis and without Uber, I am not sure how would we have done it. I hope we can expand studies like this with the quality of life improvement which services like Uber have been responsible. Also, there are other things which have improved too. Such as less drunk driving, improved safety es…

Do Ubers have carseats?

We carry a small makeshift ones always. But almost all our travel is exclusively on city streets with speed limit of 25mph..

Re: First analysis of how Uber and Lyft have affected roadway congestion in SF

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Post by unwind »

my_usernam3 wrote: post #10
joering2 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess your assumption is that every one gave up on buying car and instead every day they drive to work. The impression i have from my friends is different: they use lyft when they cant take car or want to drink while with strong economy the can afford having car as well. I dont know any single person who would sell their car because they can travel with lyft to work every single day.

Really? My experience has been extremely different, albeit both of us only really have antidotes. My friends/coworkers who got jobs in the city directly after college all don't have cars. Think 2013-2018 graduates. The only ones with cars, either grew up in the bay, or have worked outside the city at some point. Mind you these are all people who have a license in their prior state/country.

You meant "anecdotes", right? Autocorrect, probably.

Re: First analysis of how Uber and Lyft have affected roadway congestion in SF

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Post by product50 »

almost_usual wrote: post #21
liotier wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> We have to pick up and drop off our daughter at her day care on a daily basis and without Uber I'm amazed that Uber is considered an affordable commute device. Is that a SV phenomenon ?

It’s a phenomenon for people wanting to live in the suburbs not in the suburbs.

Argue based on merits of your point vs. trying to fit families into stereotypes you believe. We are proud to live in the city and are happy with our lives.

Re: First analysis of how Uber and Lyft have affected roadway congestion in SF

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Post by pandapower2 »

austenallred wrote: post #16

This is why it blows my mind that scooters are effectively banned in San Francisco. They’re such a perfect solution for inner-city travel.

Electric scooters in particular.

These things look pretty amazing. https://www.gogoro.com

Re: First analysis of how Uber and Lyft have affected roadway congestion in SF

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Post by almost_usual »

product50 wrote: post #33
almost_usual wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s a phenomenon for people wanting to live in the suburbs not in the suburbs.

Argue based on merits of your point vs. trying to fit families into stereotypes you believe. We are proud to live in the city and are happy with our lives.

Would you continue to live in San Francisco if ride sharing were banned?

Re: First analysis of how Uber and Lyft have affected roadway congestion in SF

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Post by dahdum »

almost_usual wrote: post #30

A MUNI bus ride is 1/10 the cost of an Uber or Lyft and people would rather spend the extra money to not deal with the SF public. Ride share to work, your favorite restaurant, bar, and then home. It’s like living in the suburbs in the city. I wonder how many people who can’t afford a vehicle but don’t want to deal with public transit would leave SF if ride sharing was banned outright.

TNCs creating congestion makes sense to me for the same reason, so many of my trips simply wouldn’t happen if I had to take public transport.

Re: First analysis of how Uber and Lyft have affected roadway congestion in SF

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Post by [deleted] »

product50 wrote: post #33
almost_usual wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s a phenomenon for people wanting to live in the suburbs not in the suburbs.

Argue based on merits of your point vs. trying to fit families into stereotypes you believe. We are proud to live in the city and are happy with our lives.

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Re: First analysis of how Uber and Lyft have affected roadway congestion in SF

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Post by product50 »

almost_usual wrote: post #35
product50 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Argue based on merits of your point vs. trying to fit families into stereotypes you believe. We are proud to live in the city and are happy with our lives.

Would you continue to live in San Francisco if ride sharing were banned?

#inflammatory

At this point, you have no argument but probably are just pissed that families are co-habiting your preferred non-family only city space.

Get a life and do something with it.

Re: First analysis of how Uber and Lyft have affected roadway congestion in SF

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Post by techsupporter »

sirlantis wrote: post #25
pmiller2 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They would be perfect if people rode them in the street, in the bike lanes.

You mean the Uber parking lanes?

Yeah, no shit. I own a bike and hardly ride it because if I ride on the sidewalk I’m screamed at for endangering pedestrians; if I ride in the street lane I’m screamed at and cut off by drivers for going too slow; if I ride in the handful of bike lanes I’m at extreme risk for being cut off by an Uber taxi, Lyft taxi, delivery vehicle, or some random person in a car and they always say “I’ll just be a second you can go around me!!” but if I do then I’m in one of the other two areas and here comes the screaming and the maybe dying.

So if I can’t get there by walking, busing, train, or biking in wide open spaces, I’m just not going because damn, people in cars sure do act entitled to the spaces where I’m supposed to be and think nothing of swinging that two ton block of deadly metal around in ways that may smear their paint but could injure or kill me with little effort.

Re: First analysis of how Uber and Lyft have affected roadway congestion in SF

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Post by dgoldstein0 »

austenallred wrote: post #16

This is why it blows my mind that scooters are effectively banned in San Francisco. They’re such a perfect solution for inner-city travel.

Scooters aren't banned. They are now regulated. Scoot and Skip just showed up.

That said the regulation does sounds a bit overbearing

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