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I'm with you, many folks seem to believe self driving cars will increase existing road capacity tenfold or something- I just don't see it. Once every car on the
by sliverstorm 9y ago
I'm with you, many folks seem to believe self driving cars will increase existing road capacity tenfold or something- I just don't see it. Once every car on the road is self driving they can maybe drive "too close" at speed, but overall there's still a limited amount of space on the pavement.
Now, if these self driving cars were high passenger capacity, that might have a great effect- but of course then we'd just call them a bus.
- skybrian 9y agoI don't think anyone really knows, but say we have cheap taxis, ride sharing, driving "too close", and far fewer accidents? There's still a limit but it should be quite a bit higher.
- sliverstorm 9y agoTrouble is the concept of induced demand, which roads enjoy in spades