Study: Uber and Lyft are Increasing Traffic Deaths
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As much as 1,100 more people are being killed every year, thanks to the presence of Uber and Lyft, a new study finds.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about car-sharing
Report: Access to Car-Share and Bike-Share Is Worse in Communities of Color
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Car-share and bike-share services are making it easier to go without owning a car in American cities, but access to “shared-use” systems remains limited in communities of color compared to majority-white neighborhoods, according to a new analysis from the Shared Use Mobility Center [PDF]. SUMC developed a method to analyze which places have the most potential for car-share and bike-share usage across […]
10 Cities That Are Getting “Wired Transportation” Right
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Which cities are making it easy to catch the next bus without a long wait, hail a ride with an app, or hop on bike-share? According to a new ranking from the Frontier Group and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Austin is leading the pack when it comes to embracing technological innovation that helps people get […]
How to Make Shared-Vehicle Services Accessible to People of All Incomes
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Washington’s Capital Bikeshare is one of the biggest and most well-established bike-share systems in the nation. Its annual fee of just $75 buys you unlimited free half-hour trips. The system now has 2,500 bicycles at 300 stations in the District and the nearby suburbs. It’s an incredible money-saver, especially for the 50 percent of users […]
Auto Industry Analyst Predicts Decline of the Two-Car Household
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Bailey Mareu, 30, and her husband were looking for ways to save money after she left her job to help run the family business in Lawrence, Kansas, two years ago. So they decided to downsize from two cars to one. The Mareus were both working from home most days, and they were just a mile-and-a-half walk […]
How Shared Vehicles Are Changing the Way We Get Around
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Cities around the country are cracking down on ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft, conducting sting operations and sending cease and desist letters, but that doesn’t seem to be slowing down the meteoric rise of shared transportation. The Shared-Use Mobility Center launched yesterday at a policy summit for shared-use transportation in Washington, DC. Here are […]