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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Mon Jun 26 21:00:33 2017, in response to Re: G Train Loop, posted by AlM on Mon Jun 26 19:03:33 2017. Now, now, that's a sneaky argument. You know that there is much less demand for cars, just as for subways, at some times of the week than at others.You will note that I used the qualifier "up to" in estimating the number of redundant cars. The rush hour peaks have been getting progressively shallower. According to the Hub Bound Report, the 8-9 and 7-10 periods represented 9% and 23% of the daily inbound automobile traffic in 1960. These figures have dropped to 6% and 18% in 2015. It's not the case that all cars are busy for the same two hours per day. Driverless technology will significantly reduce the need for the number of cars currently on the road. Most people can drive, so why not have them drive while they are traveling? Cars have to be parked fairly close to where somebody works. This is a disaster for any urban environment. The driverless car can drop its passenger at his office and then either pick up another passenger or drive to a garage that is out of the high rent district. The reverse will happen when the passenger wants to leave for home. Driverless cars will evolve into driverless taxis for the urban environment. Consider the sprawlburb ideal. Husband drives car to work. Trip takes 20 minutes. Wive needs second car to get around during the day. The driverless car will return back to home base, after dropping off husband. Wife will use car for rest of day. Bye-bye need for two car families. |
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