The queues for a ride on the city's cable-cars are matched only by those in Disneyland and at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

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On the lower end, ride sharing apps like Sidecar and Lyft have turned regular cars into rideshares.

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"People want to drive their cars a mile or two to a park-and-ride, and then take the rail in on the most congested part of the trip, " he said.

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