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Originally Posted by emathias
Uber and Lyft are responsible for a lot of the decline, even in places where transit is sometimes faster than cars during rush hour.
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This 100%.
Let's use historical references to reinforce your point. The personal automobile was far superior to the slow overcrowded trolley cars in our cities.
Result: Cars took over. Nobody wanted to ride crowded PT cars, but they didn't have another option at the time.
Now let's zoom to the modern world. Transit dependent people still do not want to wait and board a crowded, jerky bus -- before rideshare -- they didn't really have an option to the now Government Run Monopoly of Public Transportation Systems.
Since the creation of privately run Ride Share technology, the market [driven by consumers] is making the best decision for their lives.
Result: declining PT numbers at a time when the overall population continues to increase and not only that, the overall population/densities levels in our cities increase.