Exactly. Self-driving cars could increase use of public transportation; order a car to pick you up and drive to the nearest bus/train/subway station. Ditch the

Exactly. Self-driving cars could increase use of public transportation; order a car to pick you up and drive to the nearest bus/train/subway station. Ditch the car because it can take care to park itself/do whatever is next. So if car-commuting is as terrible as the article thinks it is, and mass transit is more pleasant, it can help with that.