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Ummm...are you arguing against better customer value? Because taxi-like services are now more affordable for more people that is a bad thing?

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Uh. Please decide whether you're arguing for increased customer value or decreased emissions.

With Uber Pool you can have both. People can choose to use Uber pool and in exchange for a bit of additional time for transit, save both money and save the environment. Win Win (lose as far as time).

Still a net loss against public transportation, the current savings are also largely driven by artificially low fares that Uber subsidizes with driver bonuses (to undercut the market).

Capitalism isn't the best way to solve public infrastructure problems.

Public transportation better serves: the poor, those without smartphones, people with small children, people in trafficked areas, the handicapped...

Uber/Lyft fails on all of the above in most areas it serves, and potentially decreases overall public transit use (which hurts funding overall).

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