It only takes watching the widespread chaos of Ubers murderous testing program and Cruise's brilliant performance during the last wind storm to come to expect widespread chaos from the chaos monkey techbros who decide what algorithms risk our lives on the public streets.
(I am anti-robocar because I am a professional software developer. I know what the sausage is made of.)
Cities need to become denser to accommodate the growing population and reduce footprint. Efficient public transportation (trams/subway) are no longer regulatory or financially feasible enough to build (how is the second avenue line in Manhattan going?). Robotaxis and ad-hoc buses are a potential solution.
Autonomous cars are a localized regulation, so can be adopted gradually. The cities that will innovate will reap the benefits and those that will still dedicate their human resources to driving will lag.
> Efficient public transportation (trams/subway) are no longer regulatory or financially feasible enough to build (how is the second avenue line in Manhattan going?).
Uh are you sure about that? I don't think self driving cars are that more efficient than just regular human drivers. Giving up and accepting mediocrity (but fully automated!) doesn't seem like a very compelling argument
(I am anti-robocar because I am a professional software developer. I know what the sausage is made of.)