I agree with Walker's criticism of the transit service Musk describes, and his conclusion: "...[Take] frequent fixed-route bus service seriously. If you don’t

I agree with Walker's criticism of the transit service Musk describes, and his conclusion: "...[Take] frequent fixed-route bus service seriously. If you don’t do that in your land use planning, you’re going to end up building a city where fixed transit is geometrically impossible, and then you’ll have to settle for Musk’s vision." However, it seems very clear that fixed-route transit service isn't optimal, and that technology will help us arrive at something better. People want to get where they're going as fast as possible, and each stop along a transit route makes it less attractive. Ridehailing networks create a real-time market for transportation that will make it easy to optimize each person's travel time and costs. Some people will end up with what looks like fixed-route bus service, just with dynamically generated routes instead. Many will end up with more direct service with few stops, especially if they're traveling between dense neighborhoods we've allowed to thrive by ending restrictions that prevent them. The key to making that future work is ending the crazy practice of allowing our roads to become congested. We know how to turn off traffic. We just don't do it. Charge fees that increase until traffic flows freely. Rich people get direct travel with more personal space. People with less money share space and travel with more stops. No one waits pointlessly in traffic.