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From the opinion piece:

Our research at MIT helped make the case for ride-sharing. We were wrong. We don’t want to make the same mistake with robotaxis ...

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Our research was technically right, but we had not taken into account changes in human behavior. Cars are more convenient and comfortable than walking, buses and subways — and that is why they are so popular. Make them even cheaper through ride-sharing and people are coaxed away from those other forms of transit.

This dynamic became clear in the data a few years later: On average, ride-hailing trips generated far more traffic and 69% more carbon dioxide than the trips they displaced.

We were proud of our contribution to ride-sharing but dismayed to see the results of a 2018 study that found that Uber Pool was so cheap it increased overall city travel: For every mile of personal driving it removed, it added 2.6 miles of people who otherwise would have taken another mode of transportation.

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Uber was supposed to help traffic. It didn’t. Robotaxis will be even worse::px-captcha

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The original was posted on /r/technology by /u/LosIsosceles on 2023-09-16 21:02:02.

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