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Smartphones May Help Reduce Traffic In the Near Future

Posted by timothy on from the watch-out-for-the-regulatory-capture dept.

crazyvas writes "From the New York Times: 'Experts say services that use smartphones to connect drivers and passengers could help end the reign of single-occupant cars (and unending traffic) in Los Angeles.' One would hope that combined with a recent article from Time stating that Generation Y doesn't think car ownership is cool this might pave the way for less car traffic, more efficient public transit, more pedestrians and bikers, even leading to a healthier population?"

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  1. Generation Y by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    No one gives a shit what generation Y thinks 'is cool'. A car is a necessity in LA because of how spread out everything is, and if you work downtown, you sure as hell don't live there. The kind of people who make their fiscal decisions based on a cool factor also tend to not work, so I'd sure as hell not carpool with them.