[petra]

>> We will not see any real self driving in our generation,

I agree.

But we'll be driven a large percent of trips, in the near future.

There's on-demand shared(few people in a vehicle) riding - which can be quite cheap AND fast. ridewithvia.com seem to scale with that model pretty fast. A combination of that with strong public transport systems and regulations may beat cars.

But also, a combination of partial self-driving(highway, etc), with remote control driving, could work.