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A study published Wednesday by the Washington Post, conducted by Schaller Consulting in the United States, showed that services like Uber worsen the traffic of large cities – at least in the United States.
Done in nine metropolitan areas of the country, the investigation concludes that shared racing services, in X or Pool mode, have resulted in an increase in the number of cars on the streets.
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The Pool category, in turn, began to compete with the means of transportation
The shared-race services added 9.1 billion kilometers traveled in the nine urban areas evaluated during the six years covered by the research. uisa As apps of this genre continue to grow in popularity, the trend is up, as was the case in New York between 2016 and 2017, with a 72% growth in races.
Uber challenges the results of the investigation. According to the company, in 2017 alone, Pool mode travel prevented them from being covered more than in any other public policy suggested by it, such as the inclusion of exclusive public transit routes within cities like New York.
507 million kilometers around the world . In addition, he indicates that the study only takes into account the context of 2017, and that this year adopts in the United States other modalities than cars, such as electric bicycles
Study Details [19659010] The American cities badyzed by the New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Washington, Miami, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle study. The survey found that for every 1.6 km driven by a private car, the UberX runs 4.5 km, and UberPool, 4.1 km
This takes into account the weather and the distance that drivers
"Shared runs increase traffic because most users do not use car-free modals anymore, there is extra mileage between races, while drivers wait for the next service, then drive to pick up the customer.Even in a shared race, part of the race involves only one pbadenger (between the first and second boarding), "says the report.
says that the survey ignores the benefits that shared travel brings to the mobility of low-income people in outlying neighborhoods.
He cites as an example New York, where more than half of the races with l & # 39; application occur in the neighborhoods outside the center of Manhattan, against less than 5% for traditional taxis. The company also points to growth in smaller cities and suburban areas, where there was little or no alternative to mobility other than the car itself, and given issues ignored by the study from a 2017 government survey, which partially served as a source for the investigation.
In addition to Uber, competitor Lyft, also quoted in the study but not available in Brazil, also countered Schaller's report. How to walk in a Uber autonomous car
