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No, Giant Shared Ubers Aren’t About to Solve City Traffic Problems
A new study on shared vehicles by MIT researchers was tailor-made for internet news. Using taxi trip information, researchers developed an algorithm for pooling customers headed in similar directions....
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Get Ready for Uber’s “Flying Cars” Conference to Generate Lots of Dumb Headlines
For a supposedly forward-looking company, some of Uber’s visions of the future look an awful lot like the unfulfilled dreams of 1960s space-age technophiles. In that spirit, the company today is...
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Uber and Lyft Are Cannibalizing Transit in Major American Cities
The arrival of ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft has led to more car traffic and less transit ridership in major American cities, according to a new study from researchers at UC Davis [PDF]. The...
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Why Taxing Ride Share to Fund the CTA Makes Sense
[Streetsblog editor John Greenfield publishes a weekly transportation column in the Chicago Reader. We syndicate the column on Streetsblog Chicago after it comes out online.] It’s become all too easy...
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Why Toronto Should Follow Chicago’s Lead and Tax Ride-Share to Fund Transit
Last fall Chicago City Council passed a 15-cent fee on ride-share trips to fund CTA infrastructure, which kicked in on January 1. Since recent studies show that services like Uber and Lyft are...
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Evidence From Boston That Uber Is Making Traffic Worse
Ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft are exacerbating rush-hour traffic jams in Boston, according to new research by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. The results should be a wake-up call...
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Car Companies Failed at Regulating Themselves. Why Would Autonomous Car...
How safe are the autonomous vehicles being tested on American streets? The killing of Elaine Herzberg by an Uber car in self-driving mode last month has focused attention on the startling absence of...
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Did the Rise of Ride-Hailing Contribute to a Decrease in Chicago DUI arrests?
Studies have shown that ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft are making traffic congestion worse and contributing to a decrease in transit ridership in American cities, which is why the city of...
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Uber/JUMP Launches a Misleading Campaign to Sink the Lyft/Divvy Deal
The current conflict over who will expand Chicago bike-share citywide is essentially a proxy war between the two major ride-hailing companies. This week Uber rolled out questionable tactics in its...
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Uber Astroturfs Opposition to the Lyft Divvy Deal by Purchasing News Coverage
The proxy war between ride-share giants Uber and Lyft over the future of Chicago bike-share has been heating up. Uber recently paid for coverage on the local news and culture website The TriiBE...
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CDOT Unveils E-Divvy Design, Debunks Uber’s “Fake Propaganda” at City Hall...
At today’s Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety hearing on the Lyft/Divvy contract amendment, city transportation officials gave a preview of what the new electrical-assist Divvy bikes will look...
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Despite Uber’s Misinformation Campaign, Divvy Expansion Deal Passes in Committee
Recently Uber and JUMP have shifted their propaganda machine into high gear in an effort to kill the city of Chicago’s proposed contract amendment with Divvy concessionaire Lyft. The deal would grow...
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Divvy Deal Passes, and Uber Fails to Buy the Future of Chicago Bike-Share
Unfortunately for Uber and JUMP bikes, in the end the tens of thousands of dollars they apparently spent on a propaganda campaign against the Divvy/Lyft expansion deal, including buying flattering...
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Nationwide Ride-Hail Strike Plunges Chicago Into a State of… Relative...
First let me say that I am 100-percent in support of today’s strike by Uber and Lyft drivers. Not only is it beneficial for society when all workers make a living wage, but as Streetsblog USA recently...
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Traffic Fiasco at Uber Driver Party Highlights Why Ride-Hailing Is Awful for...
It’s becoming increasingly obvious that ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft aren’t the solution for better urban transportation. Rather, they represent a huge problem for cities trying to provide...
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Sure, Uber Is Faster Than CTA for Getting to O’Hare — If the CTA Rider Gets Lost
Update 7/17/19, 12:15 PM: Chicago Tribune editor Ben Meyerson provided this update on Twitter. “Hi friends, that detail was in the original story, but that portion of the narrative was lost in...
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Call the Wahmbulance! Uber Files a Spiteful Lawsuit Claiming the Divvy/Lyft...
Uber’s third-quarter operating loss this year is estimated to be $4.96 billion, which Streetsblog reader Matt Michel pointed out on Twitter is more than enough money to build the entire South Red Line...
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Sign Active Trans’ petition supporting fair ride-hailing fees and more...
Click here to add your name to Active Trans’ petition in support of the new ride-hailing fees. Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposal to hike the city fees on private and downtown ride-hailing trips, while...
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Lightfoot at budget address: Uber and Lyft’s “essentially free rein in...
Today Mayor Lori Lightfoot presented her 2020 budget proposal to the City Council. Here’s what she had to say about her proposal to raise fees for traffic jam-generating private and downtown...
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City’s ride-hailing report quantifies the damage Uber and Lyft are doing to...
Last week, Mayor Lori Lightfoot released her plan to increase city fees for solo ride-hailing trips citywide, with additional fees in the downtown area during peak traffic times. Meanwhile, the cost of...
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