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It's 100 fewer cars having to park, idle and unused, for hours a day. Also, it could lead to thousands of fewer cars in existence if that single AV is even mode
by dpkirchner 3y ago
It's 100 fewer cars having to park, idle and unused, for hours a day. Also, it could lead to thousands of fewer cars in existence if that single AV is even moderately used. I think that might make the tech a net win.
- nerdbert 3y agoWe were told that Uber would mean fewer cars on the road, and in fact it's led to exactly the opposite - an explosion of additional VMTs, with all the accompanying pollution, resource waste, congestion, and crash deaths. If AV taxis are cheap then people are going to use them for all sorts of things they previously could not afford to use a taxi for. And if they're expensive then they will cannibalize public transport for the benefit of the upper economic classes and the significant detriment of people of lesser means. There is no way this turns into a net good.