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What if using a ride-hailing app like Uber or Lyft could help decrease a city鈥檚 carbon emissions? Combined with public transit use and municipal policy changes, that鈥檚 beginning to happen. However, the bigger, less understood question is what motivates people to choose their cars over the bus, or Uber over walking to work. New data-driven research from Desautels Professor Animesh Animesh shows the environmental impact of ride-hailing and how comprehensive urban planning policies could make the skies a lot clearer.

In research paper 鈥�,鈥� Animesh and his co-authors gather and analyze data to determine the most sustainable options in terms of traffic congestion and the demand for public transit.

鈥淭echnologies change the way we work, the way we purchase things, the way we live, socialize, communicate鈥攐ne of these recent developments is ride sharing platforms like Uber and Lyft,鈥� says Animesh. 鈥淭his technology itself, just like any other technology, is not good or bad鈥攊t's how people use it. Our suggestion to city policymakers is that you should look at the distribution of riders, drivers, and walkers in your community. Accordingly, you will be able to figure out the impact of Uber on the traffic and environment in general.鈥�

The policy implications of Animesh鈥檚 research could change the way that cities and other municipalities tackle not only ride-hailing regulations and public transit funding in light of sustainability, but issues of equity and accessibility around transportation and the environment.

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