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Uber, Lyft rides among the biggest reasons why you're probably sitting in traffic right now – study

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In SF and LA I used Uber quite a lot. In every busy location I either saw another passenger using the arriving/departing journey or if unsure I asked the driver and sure enough, driver had done a nearby drop off minutes earlier. So far, so much more efficient than conventional taxis In terms of passenger occupancy per road space. My hire car usually stayed at the hotel unless I was taking self, partner and luggage across the state.

One reason I used Uber a lot was to avoid wasting time, fuel and road space hunting for parking at popular locations.

All in all I find the scientists findings highly suspect. Did they have a parallel universe control city to compare how congested it would've been if Uber didn't exist?

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