Unexpected rise of Uber and Lyft: San Francisco traffic planners

San Francisco transit planners were completely unaware of the sudden rise of Uber and Lyft. It was the unexpected rise of Uber and Lyft transportation cabs on the roads of San Francisco.

Back in 2012, when the rise was in its initial state, the transportation planners thought ride shares means carpooling. Municipal Transportation Agency installed a blueprint for more bus and bike lanes in the city comparatively for cars. The chief Ed Reiskin said in a statement “I don’t think anyone anticipated this would happen, including Lyft and Uber.”

Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Randy Rentschler express views as “officials may have fallen victim to their vision of how things should be instead of how they are.

“Public policy often aims for a particular outcome — and as such, it can be harder to predict what you don’t want to happen, so you don’t see it.”
According to the recent survey by transportation agency, now, Uber and Lyft carries 283,000 people per workday in San Francisco to make up 9 percent of vehicle trips in the city.

Supervisor Aaron Peskin said, “The feeling (at City Hall) seems to be, ‘If you can’t beat ’em, tax ’em,’ but at this point, I’d just like them to give us more information so we can see what is really going on.”

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