[dpflan]

Yes, there are cars that are performing transport and some that are part of traffic that are waiting to be hailed and not performing transport - those are certainty congesting. There is also the effect of rideshare drivers coming from different areas and thus not knowing the city they are in. Reliance on GPS/map apps helps but there will still be “I don’t know where I am going and am not accustomed to city traffic” effect that compounds the others drivers who exhibit that behavior. I’m sue we’ve seen the effect of a single driver desperately trying to cross lanes to make their turn, scale that up.

Cities should really get this data from the companies to figure this out. That should be a necessity for operation in the city.

[chrischen]

Also drivers circle a block every time they need to add a passenger. The one way streets may make left turns safer, but they increase the time a car has to be on the road in any given area.