“A fascinating new simulation finds that self-driving cars will terraform cities: 90% of cars will be eliminated, acres of land will open up, and commute times will drop 10%. A team of transportation scientists at the Organization for Cooperation and Development took data on actual trips in Lisbon, Portugal and looked at how a fleet of self-driving, shared “taxibots” would change city landscape”
Interesting. And I’m sure that would work in some places.
“Without the need for individual ownership of cars, the authors find that Lisbon alone would have 210 football fields of extra space”
I’m sorry, without the what now? You think I’m giving up my car so that I can carpool with total strangers and be driven by robots? Let’s not hold our breath waiting for this one, but I’m sure this is giving taxi drivers something to think about, career-wise.
Full article HERE