(BOSTON) JAN 2 – IN A PAPER PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES A TEAM OF M-I-T RESEARCHERS EXPLAIN HOW 98-PERCENT OF ALL THE TAXI RIDES IN NEW YORK CITY COULD BE SERVED WITH 10-THOUSAND FEWER TAXIS.
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…RUS ALSO ARGUES DRIVERS COULD MAKE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY DRIVNG SHORTER SHIFTS. BUT RIDERS WHO SHARE FARES PAY LESS. TWO YEARS AGO WHEN ANOTHER M-I-T STUDY SUGGESTED RIDE SHARING COULD CUT TAXI USE IN THE CITY BY 40-PERCENT, AN ADVOCATE OF TAXING EAST RIVER BRIDGE CROSSINGS IN NEW YORK ARGUED LESS CONGESTION WOULD LEAD TO MORE PRIVATE CARS TAKING TO THE NEWLY OPEN ROADS TO MAKE MONEY.