Their results suggest that the number of miles traveled on city streets and the hours spent doing so rose twice as much with ride-hailing as they would have without it. The 62% increase in the hours that vehicles spent stuck in traffic between 2010 and 2016 would have been just 22% if the city didn’t have Uber and Lyft, according to the study.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 08, 2019 18:33 UTC