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Uber Under the Hood

Why Uber is fundamentally different from the private car

Car ownership is not, in fact, the best choice for the climate and planet.

5 min readOct 26, 2021

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Why Uber is fundamentally different from the private car

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Uber Under the Hood

How On-Demand Public Transit Keeps Communities Moving in the Pandemic

Uber Transit’s products allowed agencies to facilitate on-demand trips for members of their communities in times of need

7 min readMar 23, 2021

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How On-Demand Public Transit Keeps Communities Moving in the Pandemic

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Uber Under the Hood

How are Californians using Uber during the pandemic?

During California’s shelter-in-place orders, low-income communities still rely on Uber for their essential travel

4 min readAug 18, 2020

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How are Californians using Uber during the pandemic?

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Rik Williams

The Slower Way Home

Something about boarding a long-distance train feels inexorable: once the brakes release, once that whistle sounds, there’s no going back.

12 min readJan 24, 2020

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The Slower Way Home

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Rik Williams

Street space and zero-sum games

As a street is set to become marginally more pedestrian-friendly, the inevitable motorist backlash ensues.

4 min readNov 11, 2019

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Street space and zero-sum games

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Uber Under the Hood

Uber and the Evolving Mobility Landscape in Seattle

In Seattle, car ownership is down and public transit use is up. How does Uber fit in?

5 min readNov 7, 2019

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Uber and the Evolving Mobility Landscape in Seattle

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Uber Under the Hood

Announcing Uber’s Mobility Research Funding Pilot

A new opportunity for matched research funding from Uber

2 min readAug 28, 2019

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Announcing Uber’s Mobility Research Funding Pilot

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Rik Williams

Transit in the Desert

After turning from the residential side street onto the main drag, the exurban landscape begins to reveal itself in full.

4 min readJul 2, 2019

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Transit in the Desert

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Rik Williams

#TRBAM through a neural network

Are Dogulation Models the Future of Transportation?

6 min readJan 23, 2019

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#TRBAM through a neural network

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Uber Under the Hood

Three Early Takeaways from the 2017 National Household Travel Survey

How do people get around?

6 min readOct 1, 2018

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Three Early Takeaways from the 2017 National Household Travel Survey

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Rik Williams

Rik Williams

Data scientist @Uber Policy Research. Time also spent in US foreign assistance, astronomy, hiking, silicon wafers, fast food, and poorly-played music.

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