I was replying to > The answer may be robotaxis. I am very optimistic that this could solve a large degree of the issues. What I was trying to say is that car

I was replying to > The answer may be robotaxis. I am very optimistic that this could solve a large degree of the issues. What I was trying to say is that cars (autonomous or not) are to mass transportation what copper wire is to the internet: better to keep the bulk of it out of it. Also car infrastructure is extremely expensive, both in and of itself and as a collateral, parking lot requirements have a huge maintenance and spatial cost.