EVs absolutely help, but they don't address any of the myriad of problems inherent in low occupancy vehicle transportation. One person in a car requires more resources (energy, parking space, space on the road while in use, the cost of the vehicle and its maintenance, damage to roads, injuries/deaths from crashes, etc)
If we spent even some money spent on self-driving vehicles on public transit infrastructure, we'd get immediate gains and it would in particular help those who are on the bottom rungs of the ladder economically - making it easier for them to contribute toward society, and causing fewer problems to boot (such as the enormous costs of trying to maintain a cheaper/older car, causing a crash because their vehicle is poorly maintained, or they fell asleep while driving from working 2-3 jobs, etc.)
Governments don't tax land so they have no incentive to invest in good public transport. Most transportation projects massively increase property values which is then captured by landlords instead of governments and then everyone complains that public transport doesn't work and can't fund itself and people wonder why politicians invest in boondoggles to immortalise themselves instead of acting more like a business that prioritizes useful investments because it increases future tax revenue.
Land value taxes make way more sense than income taxes because they are location based. If a politician makes a mistake and you move away they will get your income tax regardless. So they have no reason to invest in any given location.
If we spent even some money spent on self-driving vehicles on public transit infrastructure, we'd get immediate gains and it would in particular help those who are on the bottom rungs of the ladder economically - making it easier for them to contribute toward society, and causing fewer problems to boot (such as the enormous costs of trying to maintain a cheaper/older car, causing a crash because their vehicle is poorly maintained, or they fell asleep while driving from working 2-3 jobs, etc.)