Important – Waze Carpool Review

Dear Uber & Lyft, Ride hailing companies like you have fundamentally changed the landscape of our transportation system. But not all of these changes have been positive. I urge you to become true leaders of change in the fight against climate change and pollution. As you know, transportation has become the leading source of carbon pollution in the United States. We cannot tackle this problem by increasing the number of rides in fossil fuel powered cars. The negative impacts of ride-hailing services, including congestion, pollution, low quality jobs lacking living wages or worker protections, and transit decline, disproportionately impact low-income communities the most. New research has shown that congestion has increased in large cities where Lyft and Uber operate while these services have simultaneously reduced transit ridership in nine major US cities, including the three biggest. Not only does this increase in vehicles and decrease in transit use lead to more pollution, it also leads to more smog and soot, which exacerbates health problems such as asthma. I urge you to achieve a goal of 100% clean rides, ensuring that all company- and driver-owned or leased vehicles are electric by 2030, in addition to working with mass transit in meaningful ways instead of competing with it; incentivizing shared rides over single-passenger rides; assuring all autonomous vehicles are electric; and committing to treating your workers better and paying them a living wage. I am asking you to take bold and fast climate action to be a true leader in our much-needed transition to clean transportation choices.
Review by SamerTa on Waze Carpool.