TheTigerMaster
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I see driverless vehicles replacing 99% of public transit needs by 2036.
Driverless vehicles still can't compete with the capacity of mass transit.
I see driverless vehicles replacing 99% of public transit needs by 2036.
Driverless vehicles still can't compete with the capacity of mass transit.
Automated cars will reduce the incentive for private car ownership, for reasons that have been discussed prior in this thread and elsewhere.
My hope is that government will eventually place limits on private car ownership, and encourage the use of uber like car sharing services.
This would dramatically reduce congestion and the space needed to store cars. It would also stop nonsense like car owners having their car circle the block indefinitely.
I do not think laws eliminating ownership are needed, as simple economics will simply make it more unaffordable to own a car in a few generations. Worldwide carbon laws, to things like making hailing daily becoming cheaper totalled than the monthly payments.I can understand congestion taxes, or limits to bringing vehicles into the central city for the day (to reduce the impact on parking needs, more than to alleviate congestion - a commuting trip is a vehicle on the highway, regardless of who owns it). There will be many people whose travel needs include destinations where communal cars can't or won't go.
Simple economics and lifestyle choices ought to manage this, once shared cars become available.
That is where relative pricing differences will solve this. It will be more expensive to take solo than as a group.Also, if automated-taxi fares approach a TTC fare we may suddenly find a few hundred thousand additional people trying to use full sized vehicles instead of squeezing onto the bus/lrv/subway. A congestion surcharge will become essential, but again this will occur years and years after the problem is severe.
I'd think many use it far less than that. Most only go to work a few times a week!I find that in Toronto there are tons of people who own cars and use them a few times per week only.
I find that in Toronto there are tons of people who own cars and use them a few times per week only.
Some will still require owning cars but for the average person living in a big city it's kind of a waste to own a car that sits in a parking lot (either at home or at work) most of the day.
I find that in Toronto there are tons of people who own cars and use them a few times per week only.
Yup. I have zero interest in self driving cars. Even cars that can parallel park now I couldn't care less about. My only interest in automated driving is if it can be used as a dd.
Until then I'll avoid any cars with this automated crap.
But I'm a forty plus dinosaur that actually enjoys driving.