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by jumpkickhit 3122 days ago
A rolling fleet could be amazing.

If say a typical car/insurance payment was ~$500 a month, and an on-demand auto car service was $499 a month or less, it could work.

You never have to park. You can work/browse/call on the ride. Get dropped off right in front of wherever you're going. Could work out really awesome.

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This future is inevitable in my mind, the only question is the timeframe.
This is somewhat of a nightmare scenario for city governments due to the properties of induced demand.

A rolling fleet of self driving cars eliminates many of the deterrents to driving. No parking, storage, and insurance costs and one doesn't even need a license. Elimination of all these costs could significantly incentivize people to choose driving as their primary form of transportation, which would significantly increase vehicle traffic and all the associated costs and problems that come along with that.

You are still going to have peak hour traffic.