Early on, Uber & Lyft made bold claims that their ride-sharing services would a) decrease traffic and b) encourage most car owners to ditch their cars.
There is ample evidence that ride-sharing services have made traffic far worse. For example, these services led to a 40% rise in congestion in San Francisco. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Uber-Lyft-account-for-of-traffic-increase-in-13830608.php
What about the latter claim? Is there any evidence that people have ditched their cars in the 10 years that Uber has been around? If not, how can we check?
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