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But self-driving cars never need to circle looking for a parking spot, and can head off to the dense "autopark" to hang out until you need a ride home. That wil
by payne92 9y ago
But self-driving cars never need to circle looking for a parking spot, and can head off to the dense "autopark" to hang out until you need a ride home. That will alleviate congestion.
- afinlayson 9y agoI would argue it just displaces it. Instead of you needing to walk to the parking lot and get jammed in after a high traffic event (Sports, or Concert), the auto parked cars will have issues getting out, and lining up in the street to pick everyone up.
- weberc2 9y agoHow is that worse than the same thing with human drivers? All of that parking lot space could be repurposed as loading space for humans, and more humans would probably be happy to use a cheaper ride-share service in which they can take the first available car instead of waiting for their personal vehicle to get through the line. (Note that ride-share isn't going to be "register with a particular car and wait for them to find you", but rather "get in the nearest available car"--automated taxis instead of automated Uber).
- jxcole 9y agoOr even better: it will drive off to pick up random people in an Uber/Lyft scenario, so your car makes you a small amount of money while you're working by itself.
- rb808 9y agoWould be cheaper to slowly drive around congested areas.