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Uber endorses in a recent blog post, breaking a company habit of remaining silent on local political issues.

“Endorsing ballot measures isn’t something we have typically done at Uber, which indicates how important we think this is,” said Brooke Steger, general manager for Uber in the Pacific Northwest.

“Passage of Prop 1 — commonly known as ST3 — wold be a significant and overdue step toward putting in place the comprehensive transportation system the Seattle area needs,” Steger said.

Expert predicts car ownership will soon go away as other options disrupt the market

Steger wrote her argument in an Uber blog post: She explains why the ride-share company is now coming out in favor of Sound Transit 3 — known on the ballot as Sound Transit Proposition 1. The $54 billion proposition, if approved, would greatly expand light rail in the King County region and beyond — with by 2041. It also adds rapid bus transit on the east side of Lake Washington, and parking around mass transit stations. But the hefty price tag, and perhaps a lofty history of Sound Transit, has left voters on edge over the proposal.

As Uber endorses Sound Transit 3, voters are starting to receive their ballots in the mail.

Uber is a major player in the rideshare market — a system using a smartphone app to call up drivers using their own cars to drive people to their destinations. Steger’s blog post echoes the voices of others who have predicted a shift in transpiration habits in the near future — a future where car ownership is greatly diminished and alternate forms of transportation are used more often.

“Prop 1’s goals are congruous with those of Uber: reduce congestion and pollution by moving more people with fewer cars and provide better mobility options for all people living in the region,” Steger writes.

Steger also points out that Uber has been partnering with mass transit agencies across the United State, such as in Los Angeles where riders get $5 off trips that start or end at mass transit stations.

Uber endorses Sound Transit 3

Steger writes in her blog:

In the 5 years since we launched here, we鈥檝e seen tremendous growth in the use of our platform鈥攆or errands, as part of a commute, to safely get home after a night out, and to extend affordable transportation options into historically underserved communities. Simply put, many people have made Uber part of their daily lives.

During those same 5 years, use of local mass transit has has also steadily increased, outpacing both employment and population growth. According to the Puget Sound Regional Council, area transit ridership has grown 13 percent since 2011. And since the opening of the Capitol Hill and University of Washington Link stations in March, light rail ridership in particular has consistently seen monthly year-over-year increases between 50 percent and 80 percent.

Here in Seattle, we have evidence that it鈥檚 possible for the use of rideshare and mass transit to significantly grow simultaneously. This is good news from our perspective, but it鈥檚 perhaps even better news that the circumstance is not unique.

In March, the American Public Transportation Association released a survey of 4,500 people across the U.S. confirming that those who routinely use shared modes of transportation鈥攍ike bike-sharing, car-sharing and ridesharing鈥攁re more likely to use public transit. Furthermore, these people are less likely to drive, more likely to walk and save money on transportation overall. The survey also shows that people who use ridesharing in conjunction with mass transit are more likely to forego car ownership.

This is the future of transportation. There will be less car ownership and people will come to rely more on a mix of mass transit and other transport options to get where they need to go, even as self-driving vehicles become a bigger part of the picture.