Lyft and Uber serve low-income communities better than taxis, says study
A major transportation equity study in LA reveals how far the taxi industry?once the only option for car access?has fallen For years, taxis have served as an affordable, reliable mobility option for people who don?t own cars. Now ride-hailing services like Lyft and Uber are providing better vehicle access to low-income communities, according to a new three-year study that looked at transportation equity in Los Angeles.
The same study also revealed discriminatory practices by the taxi industry, including dramatically increased wait times and ride cancellations for black riders in particular.
?For so many decades, taxis were the only way to get car access for people who didn?t have it,? says study author Anne Brown, who holds an urban planning doctorate from UCLA?s Institute for Transportation Studies. ?A lot of people really want to make Uber and Lyft the bad guys in this, but my study finds that while there is still a gap between black and white riders, it?s so much better than the appalling state of our taxi industry.? As part of her study??Ridehail Revolution: Ridehail Travel and Equity in Los Angeles??Brown recruited 18 of her fellow UCLA students to summon 1,704 trips using Uber, Lyft, and local taxi companies for two months in 2017. The students were aged 20 to 30 and represented a wide range of ethnicities. Brown even gave the students instructions on how to dress similarly so the only visible difference between riders was their race.
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