If the city is looking to cut down on emissions and reduce traffic, here is some food for thought courtesy of folks over at MIT. Researchers at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) have determined that 3,000 ridesharing vehicles have the potential to do the same amount of work as NYC’s fleet of roughly 14,000 taxis—that is if New Yorkers are willing to use rideshare carpooling like Lyft Line and Uber POOL. To come to this surprising figure, CSAIL developed an algorithm that can reroute vehicles based on real-time requests and send idle cars to areas experiencing high-demand. Applying the algorithm to a […]
3,000 Ubers could replace NYC’s fleet of 14,000 taxis : 6sqft
