Great, more cars on the road. I don’t know why people are excited. Whether it’s self driving or driven by a meat bag, it just means one more car on the road. O

Great, more cars on the road. I don’t know why people are excited. Whether it’s self driving or driven by a meat bag, it just means one more car on the road. One more car sitting in a parking lot/street/parking garage or driving around aimlessly until it gets assigned. Instead of helping to alleviate traffic. TNCs were shown to actually increase traffic in urban areas [1]. I expect this won’t be any different with “self driving” vehicles. [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-00678-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-00678-z