And as someone who lived near what is now Almaden and 85 before 85 went in (amd my parents were well aware of road plans, 85 was on the book for decades) the fr

And as someone who lived near what is now Almaden and 85 before 85 went in (amd my parents were well aware of road plans, 85 was on the book for decades) the freeway turned upper middle class neighborhoods into problem areas when it went in. "Autonomous lanes" much like light rail or Bart lines, have a community effect beyond the "making it easier to move people" effect.