The transportation company explains that it is providing information to assist with future urban planning.
Bill de Blasio found that ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft were not the cause of a traffic increase in the city. The study cost $2 million to conduct and ultimately did not recommend putting a cap on “for-hire vehicles” at that point in time, which drew a protracted fight between de Blasio and Uber to a close, at least for the time being.
But in 2017, it appears Uber wants to provide more solutions than headaches for lawmakers with the rollout of Movement, a website that will make its traffic data available to anyone.
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