Strait Utopian Hamster technology here. Where you pry this idea apart is self-defeating.
Yes it makes personal transport more efficient and orderly but your still transporting old gas bombs on old crumbling highways. The car and the highway itself need to be rethought way past the human element of it. The car was never efficient to begin with outside long distances that were from State to State. Humans are most efficient in a pattern where they can reach all of their most important destinations in a strait line or grid, the car competes with this and hinders this since cars by nature are not ideal for tighter more strait patterns.
...."Saftey" ....
Is what drove this idea into fruition not the question to why humans organize their lives around steel and concrete. There was a reason humans chose to build urban settlements that were somewhat close together because it made things move quicker and made it easier to get around.
Car fatality rates have been going down since 2005. Historically they saw their largest drop in the 70's during the oil shocks, if people can't afford to drive or have alternative means (NYC Metro area they will choose other options for the largest bulk of their travel; the daily commute). Also what good is a self driving car when gas coasts 10$ a gallon?
Puuuure hamster.
Google only finds this ideal so it can have a controlled environment where you can be busy doing non-essential shit like check Facebook or Youtube and be bombarded with extra advertisements.
Yes it makes personal transport more efficient and orderly but your still transporting old gas bombs on old crumbling highways. The car and the highway itself need to be rethought way past the human element of it. The car was never efficient to begin with outside long distances that were from State to State. Humans are most efficient in a pattern where they can reach all of their most important destinations in a strait line or grid, the car competes with this and hinders this since cars by nature are not ideal for tighter more strait patterns.
...."Saftey" ....
Is what drove this idea into fruition not the question to why humans organize their lives around steel and concrete. There was a reason humans chose to build urban settlements that were somewhat close together because it made things move quicker and made it easier to get around.
Car fatality rates have been going down since 2005. Historically they saw their largest drop in the 70's during the oil shocks, if people can't afford to drive or have alternative means (NYC Metro area they will choose other options for the largest bulk of their travel; the daily commute). Also what good is a self driving car when gas coasts 10$ a gallon?
Puuuure hamster.
Google only finds this ideal so it can have a controlled environment where you can be busy doing non-essential shit like check Facebook or Youtube and be bombarded with extra advertisements.