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Scenario: Long-term, everyone switches to using robo-taxis and doesn't own a car. The robo-taxis can communicate and co-ordinate. You're looking at an ~85% dro
by elchief 11y ago
Scenario: Long-term, everyone switches to using robo-taxis and doesn't own a car. The robo-taxis can communicate and co-ordinate.
You're looking at an ~85% drop in the number of cars required (today only ~15% of cars are on the road at peak times). The cars are used heavily in the day, but still need to park somewhere at night. Either way, 85% less parking required. This can probably be fulfilled without street parking. Easier to have centralized charging without street parking.
With intelligent driving, you can probably get away with single-lane streets (each way), with either an expanded turning lane at the corners, or preferably round-abouts.
This leads to a lot more real estate available in cities. Something like 20% more, due to single streets and less parking. That's a big increase in quantity supplied, leading to a big price drop.
- shalmanese 11y agoSince cars in motion take up strictly more room than cars at rest, you could accommodate all cars via dynamic street parking. At night, 6 lane thoroughfares could become 2 lane streets with the other 4 lanes devoted to parking.