FILE- In this June 6, 2018, file photo Uber driver Joshua Oh drives in Honolulu. Uber has created a feature on its app to reach out to passengers and drivers if it detects an accident or unplanned stop. Drivers will also have access to a hands-free feature to pick up passengers without touching their phones, and they will no longer see data detailing where they retrieved passengers in the past. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)
The emergence of ride-hailing services may be placing a small dent in car-ownership in some parts of the country, but don't count on Americans to shed their personal cars in any significant way, anytime soon.
“The short answer is people are just as attached to cars as ever,” said David King, one of the authors of a new report, Trends in Taxi Use and the Advent of Ridehailing, 1995 – 2017: Evidence from the US National Household Travel Survey, by the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University. “There are some studies that have found a small reduction in car ownership due to these services, but these are 'marginal' auto owners to begin with.”
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