70 American Cities Ranked Based on Access to Uber and Other Car-Free Options

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It also named 35 cities as having “growing choices,” between 5-7 of the options. They included category leaders Orlando, Atlanta, Louisville, St. Louis, Baltimore, Cleveland, Kansas City, Newark, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Sacramento and Salt Lake City. “Several are already planning the addition of new technology-enabled services within the next year,” the report said.

“The cities in this report should be proud of helping to bring new transportation choices,” said Baxandall. “These new tech-enabled options will play a big role in defining what our cities look like in the years to come.”

Finally, the “emerging choices” category includes cities with fewer than half the options, many of them smaller cities in rural states with fewer transportation options overall. These cities include places like Boise, Idaho; Little Rock, Arkansas; Anchorage, Alaska; Portland, Maine; and Cheyenne, Wyoming, which all had four or less, with several having only one. But it said that even these cities stand to benefit from these new technology-based options.

“Expanding the availability of shared-use transportation modes and other technology-enabled tools can give more Americans the freedom to live ‘car-free’ or ‘car-light’ lifestyles,” said Jeff Inglis, a policy analyst at Frontier Group and co-author of the report. “Smartphone apps and new transportation services are making it easier for people to get where they need and want to go, while avoiding many costs associated with owning, insuring and maintaining a private vehicle.”

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