Everyone who is discounting this criticism is assuming that it's either self-driving cars occupied by a single person each, or mass fixed-rail transit. That's a

Everyone who is discounting this criticism is assuming that it's either self-driving cars occupied by a single person each, or mass fixed-rail transit. That's a bogus assumption. Self-driving uberpool-like services, self-driving buses, etc. will also play a role. Building fixed-line transit at this point is a massive waste of money. But construction is where the action is in local corruption, so they'll keep doing it.