Uber, Lyft increased traffic delays in San Francisco by 40%, study says
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The model used was calibrated to 2010, before Uber and Lyft were widely used.
Using these methods, analysts found Uber and Lyft were the largest contributors to traffic in San Francisco between 2010 and 2016.
The additional cars on the road and disruption of traffic from curbside pickup and dropoff increased the total vehicle hours of delay in the city by a whopping 62%.
Without Uber and Lyft in the mix, the delay grew by 22%, which means that the services accounted for 40% of the increase, according to the analysts.
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What do you guys think about the possible effect of ride shares when they finally enter Vancouver's market? At the very least, now I feel like we should be doing some comparative studies now on traffic growth in Vancouver versus those other cities with significant rideshares presence.
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