Because mass transit is non-existent or shitty in many American cities. Also, we're a good 10 years minimum from viable self driving cars, and people I know in

Because mass transit is non-existent or shitty in many American cities. Also, we're a good 10 years minimum from viable self driving cars, and people I know in that industry say it's more like 15+. It's a fucking hard problem, and one where you can't screw up. You screw up and people die. Self driving cars also will not clear up road congestion. Even if every car was self driving, they still take up a shit ton more space than a train and transport a fraction of the people. I wrote about this a while back: https://penguindreams.org/blog/self-driving-cars-will-not-solve-the-transportation-problem/ https://penguindreams.org/blog/self-driving-cars-will-not-so...