These days, one of the most convenient aspects of travel is the ability to go almost anywhere with the touch of a button, particularly when public transit options are lacking. Ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft and their ridesharing counterparts, UberPOOL and Lyft Line, have revolutionized the travel landscape both metaphorically and physically. Since airports like Miami-Dade International have established designated rideshare pick-up and drop-off areas, urban planners and developers are following suit, going the extra mile to include similar access points as features in their new real estate development projects.
The ubiquity of ridesharing in South Florida and other metropolitan areas is being reinforced by such new projects. Developers are designing depots and covered shelters, some even inside lobby spaces, to accommodate the shifting patterns of travel choices and capitalize on what consumers deem valuable—the mitigation of parking shortages, reduction of urban congestion, increase in driver and passenger safety and even an upturn in employment opportunities for large swaths people who would otherwise be un- or under-employed without viable transportation. The prospect of autonomous vehicles only furthers the potential for providing safe, convenient and efficient alternatives for mobility.
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