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Cars dropping you off autonomously reduces the demand for parking, however it will also double traffic. This leads to worse traffic flow and more congestion, co
by legulere 9y ago
Cars dropping you off autonomously reduces the demand for parking, however it will also double traffic. This leads to worse traffic flow and more congestion, contrary to the claimed positive benefit.
A lot of things on the list are also almost completely orthogonal to autonomous driving, like electric cars and flexible ownership models
- manmal 9y agoIf autonomous cars are operated by centralized services (Uber/Lyft/...), then they can offer cheaper rides if you are willing to share a car with different people. Especially when congestion is at its worst, chances of matching people with the same destinations are also the best - the daily morning jam on highways is mostly caused by people driving alone in their cars. Why not share 90% of the way with X other people, if it lasts only 2 minutes more for changing from/into a small first/last-mile vehicle. And why not deploy lots of small buses which carry 10+ people through the congested areas? This could even be encouraged by lawmakers; but I think this group rides would be so much cheaper that many people would use them whenever possible. Just like you don’t use your car if you live next to a subway and your destination is also right next to a station.