You should not compare a 'driverless car' program with a cab program, you should compare them with a car-sharing program (technically driverless!) In Amsterdam

You should not compare a 'driverless car' program with a cab program, you should compare them with a car-sharing program (technically driverless!) In Amsterdam, I use a car-sharing program called car2go. This system uses electric 2-person smart cars. The cost is €.29/minute (driving) or €.09 (parked), with cheaper rates if you are using for an hour/day. Rates: http://www.car2go.com/amsterdam/en/favourable-fees/ http://www.car2go.com/amsterdam/en/favourable-fees/ Your 30 minute trip would cost €8.70 ($10.72). This rate includes everything, even insuring the driver, which I presume could get cheaper if these cars were all driverless. Driverless dispatching (instead of me having to find one on my phone and walk to it) could raise the utilization rate, and thus lower costs. At the moment I believe these cars are given free/discounted parking in Amsterdam to encourage their usage. I can imagine that changing at some point, but I wouldn't factor that into my calculations as it's pretty easy to disrupt parking fees when all of your cars are driverless and highly utilized.