Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Uber

Uber and Lyft Don’t Reduce Cars. Transit Does.

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 8, 2019 | 42 Comments

Seattle is the only major city that really grew the number of car-free and car-light households in the last five years. It's also the only one that's really grown transit ridership.

Uber and Lyft Carrying More Trips Than Light Rail in Seattle

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 7, 2018 | 8 Comments

They are primarily moving folks living in the densest — and best-connected — parts of the county.

Uber and Lyft Ads Are Really Annoying Us Lately

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 31, 2018 | 17 Comments

Research increasingly shows Uber and Lyft are worsening congestion, hurting transit, even boosting car sales. It shouldn't be too surprising if you've been paying attention to their ads.

If cities don't act decisively to prioritize bus and rail service, more riders will switch to ride-hailing in a vicious cycle of increasing traffic and declining transit quality. Photo: Oran Viriyincy/Flickr

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Uber and Lyft Are Overwhelming Urban Streets, and Cities Need to Act Fast

By Ben Fried | Jul 26, 2018

Contrary to the story Uber, Lyft, and their peers like to tell, ride-hailing services are not reducing traffic in American cities. Nor will they, even if they meet their goals for converting solo passenger trips to shared rides, according to new research from transportation analyst Bruce Schaller.

The self-driving system detected Elaine Herzberg six seconds before impact, but Uber had tuned the emergency braking feature to be too insensitive to respond in time. Image: NTSB

How Uber’s Self-Driving System Failed to Brake and Avoid Killing Elaine Herzberg

By Angie Schmitt | May 24, 2018 | 27 Comments

The National Transportation Safety Board is out with a preliminary report into how an Uber car in self-driving mode struck and killed Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Arizona, this March.

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