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2/19/2019 <br />Lyft, Uber increase traffic 180% in major cities - Curbed SF <br />Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for goop <br />In response, Zipcar CEO Robin Chase penned a CityLab op-ed pointing the finger over <br />traffic woes at car culture, not ride -hailing apps: <br />Cities have been congested and transit has been poorly used for years before these companies <br />set up shop. [...1 Taxis plus ride -hailing plus carsharing account forjust 1.7 percent of miles traveled <br />by urban dwellers, while travel by personal cars account for 86 percent. [...1 Streets are congested <br />and too few people choose mass transit now, like last year and the year before that and the year <br />before that. <br />Uber spokesperson Matthew Wing told Curbed SF, "We wholeheartedly agree with <br />several of Mr. Schaller's proposed public policies." But he called the study <br />"fundamentally flawed in several areas," arguing that ride -hailing trips increase mobility <br />to areas underserved by public transit like small towns. <br />Wing also said, "2018 has already dramatically changed the nature of our service," <br />emphasizing the company's expansion into bikes and scooters. <br />Via email, Lyft spokesperson Campbell Matthews dubbed Schaller a "taxi cab consultant" <br />(citing a Curbed SF story as the company's source) and touted other studies, noting, <br />https://sf.curbed.com/2018/7/27/17622178/uber-lyft-cause-traffic-streetscongestion-bruce-schaller-tnc-report 314 <br />