I think that you’re wrong. Density will become the norm because you no longer have to worry about parking in the city. Call a self-drive car when you need one. Take mass transit for daily commuting.
Don’t we already have that with taxis/Uber/buses/subways? All of these can be improved, but a lot of people don’t want to sit in a seat that’s just been sat in…[/quote]
No we don’t. Public transit today is either horribly inconvenient or horribly expensive. In Orange County, a taxi is $2.75 per mile. And Metrolink while ‘affordable’ on a monthly basis for getting to downtown LA, is extremely time constrained.
My car is a capital sink but with regular use, averages less than 50 cents per mile and goes whenever I want.
A self driving taxi fleet has the potential to push the cost per mile with a ‘profit’ for the fleet down.
