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I would love to see a future where on-demand car services and / or self-driving cars shrink the traffic volume of Los Angeles back down to the scale it was orig
by rwhitman 11y ago
I would love to see a future where on-demand car services and / or self-driving cars shrink the traffic volume of Los Angeles back down to the scale it was originally designed for.
As you could imagine, native Angelenos are culturally disposed towards car-as-identity thinking. But the value shift away from that is definitely visible amongst younger people, and trends and values in LA have a tendency to spread at an accelerated pace. So it's possible after a certain tipping point, this could become reality much sooner than we think.
But I'm doubtful we'll be turning the 10 into a park anytime soon. Much more likely that it will just shave off some of the stress of trying to get to a meeting in Santa Monica from Downtown on time
- rm_-rf_slash 11y agoJevons Paradox: if the convenience and cost of taking the automobile goes down, the usage will go up. It just might suck less because you can go anywhere, from anywhere, and drunk.
- maxxxxx 11y agoThat's what scares me about self driving cars. right now a three hour commute each way is not really feasible but if you could sleep in your car it would be very possible. We may end up with even more sprawl and more cars on the roads.
- rm_-rf_slash 11y agoOr worse: Mini RVs that let people live permanently on the road, taking up even more space. I'm reminded of the guy in Snow Crash who hooked himself up into a repurposed fire truck that smashed through the LA freeways like a tank.