Maybe we could come up with some sort of 'Metacar' system where people walk, bike, or take a short ride to a central pickup point and then all ride in a 'Metaca

Maybe we could come up with some sort of 'Metacar' system where people walk, bike, or take a short ride to a central pickup point and then all ride in a 'Metacar' with passengers headed in the same general direction. I wonder if the economics work out so that it would be affordable to bore tunnels under cities for these 'Metacars'. That would make it much easier to have them be driverless, and they could proceed directly towards their destination at higher speed. Even if that isn't possible, we could designate some lanes on bigger roads as 'Metacar' lanes so that they can move efficiently even in rush hour. In all seriousness: I just realized that I haven't had a job in 5 years that required me to commute in a car. COVID helped, but the other half of it was working in places that take density and non-car transit seriously. I know not everyone can do that.