The congestion issues of Lyft and Uber in San Francisco

In San Francisco, people use Lyft and Uber to travel than riding in a personal car or taxi. As the use of TNC (Transportation Network Companies) is increasing, the streets are getting more and more congested. According to a recent study done by San Francisco County Transportation Authority states that 5,700 TNCs make around 170,000 vehicle trips on the typical weekday which means 5,70,000 shuttles travel in San Francisco every day.

Based on this study, most of the people are raising their fingers at TNCs for traffic issues in the city. But only TNCs are not responsible for this traffic, there are various reasons behind this congestion, and population growth is one of them. The blame on TNCs for traffic is ignoring the main picture causing it. And also ignoring the positive impacts, comfort, public safety, and reliability TNCs are offering to the city.

Whatever the primary matter of congestion, no one should ignore the positive effects of TNCs. In fact, we have to find new and better ways to enhance TNCs integration into our transportation system. The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce is working closely with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, key downtown stakeholders and the ride-hail industry to try and defend the problems impacting the downtown corridor.

Nowadays, ride-hailing is an improving transfer option which enables people to travel without their cars or make them live without cars. We should understand its impacts so that we can use it as a tool to sort out congestion problems in the city.

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