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Purely from taking the data from this article, I see it next to impossible that ride sharing has anything to do with this when you look at the comparison with New York.

It seems to me that there was an upward spike in 2015 and now it's declines back to pre-2013 levels.

But there are also unknown factors at play here... - what has the economy been like in the last 5 years for the suburbs? - what are the tourism levels over time - the u.s has had a slight economic growth in the last 5 years; what are the car sales in the same areas? Rising?

It seems more like Chicago had a number of downtown events or draw over the course of 1 year, and has now declined. However, the article is basically using the highest spike as the baseline.