> commenters questioning the benefit of public transit infrastructure in an age of self-driving electric vehicles Such commenters would also not be living in r

> commenters questioning the benefit of public transit infrastructure in an age of self-driving electric vehicles Such commenters would also not be living in reality. A few self-driving vehicles deployed as research projects in select areas hardly defines an “age”. We’re just at the start of the path, and until there are millions of these things roaming the streets, they will have no impact on society. People need to get to work today, not in some near future that is still defined in years.