Study: Ride Sharing Services Actually Increase Traffic Congestion

Ride sharing in Smart Cities is supposed to get people out of their cars to decrease congestion and pollution. Guess what? The exact opposite is happening: more pollution and more congestion. ⁃ TN EditorRide-share companies like Uber and Lyft promised they would supplement public transit and help ease traffic congestion.
But data collected by the city and now made public shows almost half of Chicago’s millions of monthly ride-share trips are taking place in just a