Originally Posted by
dendawg
And ride shares are probably the biggest cause of congestion currently in the city with something like 17 million rides a month by the end of 2017. I'm not sure how that translates to actual vehicles on the road but I'm sure it's a lot just by the number of cars with TLC plates I see cruising empty or double parked in my own neighborhood midday
Very, very easy to believe based on my anecdotal evidence as well. I see tons of TLC (or just T) platted cars all over in the city and outer boroughs. I also see a huge number of them when driving my car.
And although cabbies can be pretty bad, the ride share drivers are considerably worse and extremely dangerous. They do some of the most ridiculous things, and often with police in the vicinity. I've lost count of how many times I'm yelling "and you are just going to let him do that right in front of you?" at the cops.