Ride services reduce Car dependency, and take over some of the responsibility of Public transit
This should allow Public transit to be more focused on its core use case, not necessarily needing to compete with ride services
This should also allow Public transit to properly prioritize access and cost, as it needs to shoot for a use case that is lower cost and more usable than ride services.
Public transit
Public transit: a tool that can…
increase access
decrease segregation
increase school access and diversity
reduce the need for a car
make living areas walkable.
Claiming non-driving modes of transport are important because they are sustainable with regards to CO2 is easy to be defeated down the line.
Sustainable is better framed as “low energy cost” aka easy to maintain and sustain, regardless of energy source
And the benefit to the human condition is much more compelling long-term justification