> Bikes have been around for a long time and are expected to technically stay the same in the foreseeable future. Probably half the urban bikes I see now are (

> Bikes have been around for a long time and are expected to technically stay the same in the foreseeable future. Probably half the urban bikes I see now are (mostly cheap) electric ones. There's also a question of infrastructure; many cities have made great improvements in bike lanes over the last few decades. > Electric buses are so much better than gasoline buses. Fewer vibrations, less noise. Also faster takeoff, which is quite important (urban bus routes are typically very stop-start-y). > And in a few years, buses will start to become autonomous. I have doubts. (Buses are very big and heavy, and other road users tend to behave badly around them; they're a near-worst-case for automation. You might get away with it on a mostly-segregated BRT line, but not a conventional bus route.)