Uber might improve "customer value", but as someone that takes a cab once every three months or so, cars with TLC license plates constantly failing to yield to my attempts to use a crosswalk have not improved my experience.

I've decided to solve this by 1-starring and no-tipping any driver that fails to yield to a pedestrian, drives in a bike lane, or exceeds the 25mph speed limit at any point in the ride (so, like, all of them), but of course, I take a cab once every three months, so that won't do much.

If we really want to reduce greenhouse gases, a better approach might be:

1. Properly funding the MTA (congestion charging)

2. Widening sidewalks, especially in Midtown

3. Grade-separated and camera-enforced BRT lanes and/or surface rail with signal priority.

4. Proliferation of bike lanes.

5. Charging market rate for all street parking.

Uber and Lyft have have increased car traffic in New York: http://nyc.streetsblog.org/2017/02/27/its-settled-uber-is-ma...