Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Uber

Study: Taking An App Taxi More than Doubles Your Roadway Impact

By Kea Wilson | Jan 24, 2021 | No Comments

The average Uber or Lyft customer is responsible for adding more than twice as many car miles to his city's roads as he was before he started using app-taxis to get around.

REPORT: Council Seeks Per-Minute ‘Empty Charge’ for Uber, Lyft

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 12, 2021 | No Comments

The proposal comes after a judge threw out a Taxi and Limousine Commission proposal to reduce the percentage of time that app-based cabs could be cruising from 41 percent to 31 percent. The report argues that a fee will work better.

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Study: E-Taxis Increase Private Car Ownership in Many Cities

By Kea Wilson | Jan 10, 2021 | No Comments

"Ride-hailing" apps once lauded for their potential to help end private car ownership are actually increasing it in many cities, a new study finds.

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California’s Prop 22 Is a Massive Handout To Unsustainable Transportation — And It’s Coming Here, Soon

By Kea Wilson | Nov 5, 2020 | No Comments

The controversial California bill is poised to be replicated across the nation — unless we stop it.