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How? Being self-driving doesn't make a car take up less space.
by amptorn 8y ago
How? Being self-driving doesn't make a car take up less space.
- lazyjones 8y agoA self-driving car will ideally drop you off in front of your commute target and go find a parking space at a convenient location that might even be outside town.
- antoineMoPa 8y agoThis would multiply traffic in cities, which would be a terrible alternative.
- lazyjones 8y agoIt would add some traffic to/from parking lots but reduce the “find a parking space near my target” traffic.
- ilaksh 8y agohttps://grist.org/article/no-parking-self-driving-cars-could-have-a-huge-effect-on-our-cities/ https://grist.org/article/no-parking-self-driving-cars-could...
- wool_gather 8y agoMulti-car parking areas (garages, e.g.) could be compressed somewhat if humans no longer need to be in the space. (When the car drops you off and then goes and parks itself.) There's space used for fault tolerance, and just opening doors, that would no longer be necessary given a "perfect" driver. I bet you could get another 20% usage spacewise. And there might even be other efficiencies to take advantage of. Even now there are parking garages where cars are stored on top of each other using some kind of mechanical lift.